dispassion

Example Sentences

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More than just about anyone, Pelosi knows how to read a political situation with dispassion, detachment and clear-eyed calculation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Pans and zooms show the same dispassion that his characters profess.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021

This sounds like a downer, and “Hope” is exquisitely attuned to the nuances of grief, especially when it’s expressed by way of task-oriented dispassion.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2021

Perhaps there’s something about my geographic distance from him that creates dispassion akin to the documentarian’s camera, that allows me to see this film’s conceit as fascinating but not upsetting.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2020

There was a moment, very brief, when the guarded dispassion fell away from Thyon’s face, and Lazlo saw something human in him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor