hold aloof from
Example Sentences
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Yet they do not hold aloof from the heaving market; a very good food stand, for instance, is located outside the offices of a firm that has pulled off an IPO.
From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2018
Nearly a third of the Presbyterian churches will probably hold aloof from the union.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lodge came home full of honors and decorations, and convinced that the U.S. should never again hold aloof from world events.
From Time Magazine Archive
All Negro professional men do not belong to it; some hold aloof from racial associations.
From Time Magazine Archive
And so say all of us, although the Saint and the Little'un and O'Gaygun hold aloof from matrimony—as yet.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle
