dispassion
Example Sentences
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The sergeants and the lieutenant, the inspector and the chief all testified with near antiseptic dispassion as they assessed the actions of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2021
Pride mostly relates these stories with dispassion, sometimes even with flickers of affection: These occurrences were simply the cost of doing business as a boundary-crashing pioneer.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2020
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
"Our people choose dispassion and reason," he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2018
I looked at Isaac’s eyes with their strange mix of warmth and dispassion.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
