standoffishness

Example Sentences

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Perhaps that will change as monarch, but as Prince of Wales he developed an affable, grandfatherly style, with no standoffishness.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022

“I think it would be a very interesting study to see what has changed there, what has remained of the standoffishness of Savannah,” he told me.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

Ruffalo, in his round-shouldered, restrained performance, seemed to have uncannily captured Bilott’s trout-lipped solitude, a standoffishness that made him seem permanently braced.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

I'm hoping the academy can overcome its on-again, off-again standoffishness in regard to comic-book movies and make this a genuine awards-season contender.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2018

Of Mia’s—well, standoffishness, even as she spent hours a day in Mrs. Richardson’s own home, in this very kitchen.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng