keep aloof
Example Sentences
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“We try to keep aloof from it all.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2019
The bracelets, according to Wonder Woman’s prose, were “fashioned by our captors” as physical symbols that “we must always keep aloof from men.”
From Washington Post • May 26, 2017
Kali’s and Janaki’s children were much older, and as for Kunthi, she preferred to keep aloof.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Yet it was impossible to keep aloof from him for long, he was such a joyous, dashing, carry-your-outworks pattern of a musketeer.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus
Strange," murmured he, "that she should so long keep aloof from us.
From It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry
