dispassion
Example Sentences
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Cocherel had been singled out by the Baron de Vastey in his treatise on the horrors of slavery, but in flowing handwriting, the commissioner’s note taker recorded the marquis’s losses with bureaucratic dispassion:
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
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
Comey's odd mix of G-man dispassion, unexpected emotion and very un-FBI-ish high-school slang made for a fascinating and downright entertaining TV event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
I looked at Isaac’s eyes with their strange mix of warmth and dispassion.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
