Example sentences for: aloof

How can you use “aloof” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Buckingham Palace, while claiming to be aloof from the campaign, admitted to the Daily Telegraph Wednesday that it made the change to its Web site--calling it "an appropriate amendment"--but wouldn't say why.

  • Although some Indians assimilated the language and behavior of the British, to most the imperialists were offensively aloof.

  • The original territory of the ancient civilization of the Etruscans has always been independent-minded, even aloof, in its attitude to Rome and the other regions.

  • I wanted to learn more about his marriage and his relations with his imperious mother Laha (with whom he continued to spend much of his time after his marriage); with his unhappy, aloof, bisexual father Jay; and with his alcoholic brother, Richard, who committed suicide in 1926 after begging Whittaker to join him.

  • Even the warmest-hearted clerk can appear aloof towards customers that are dressed poorly.


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