standoffish

Example Sentences

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Yet at the outset, the US appeared strikingly standoffish.

From BBC

"Prince did the same thing," he said, "I'm not saying Morgan Wallen is Prince, but we weren't surprised because Prince was notoriously kind of standoffish. It's just how he was."

From Salon

She describes herself as “prickly and standoffish, selectively extroverted, largely humorless.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I suspect people may have thought 'oh he's pretty standoffish' but it's a combination of shyness and not knowing what to say," he said.

From BBC

I went from being very standoffish about him and not trusting him to really enjoying our conversations.

From Los Angeles Times