Examples of aloof

• Architectural schools and the profession cannot afford to stand aloof from these other disciplines.

• We give the impression to most non-architects that we are an introverted group which, despite our radical gestures, is conservative and rather aloof.

• They stood aloof from the ordinary underground workers who were at first relatively unaffected by their actions.

• Remaining politically aloof or unaware would have been almost impossible for women whenever a political situation came to dominate society.

• Stoicism could be seen as creating a sense of self aloof from the caprices of fortune, which enabled the individual to cope and remain constant despite reversals.

• Instead, he remained silent and aloof.

• An attorney could not remain absolutely aloof from the government he served, yet the professional nature of his work could cause difficulties if he disagreed with ministers.

• Philosophy, if it would enquire into the nature of all such conceptual systems and hypotheses, must certainly endeavor to remain aloof from the initial adoption of any one such system.