Sentence examples for Somewhat aloof from inspiring English sources

Somewhat aloof from the civil rights movement of the 1960s, especially the militant wing, he said black people had to win allies, not fight adversaries.

At first glance the building seems to hold itself somewhat aloof from this setting.

Always somewhat aloof, the Hispanic Society seemed increasingly reluctant to draw attention to itself.

"It is different from the temples of justice of the past, which are set apart and somewhat aloof".

Doing something in the "social software" space remains an ambition at Google, but Page stands somewhat aloof from it.

The building's brass skin will be made of thin horizontal bands — essentially a blown-up version of conventional clapboard siding — giving it a taut and somewhat aloof appearance.

Towering as he did above most actors at six feet two inches, Thornton tended to be cast in comedies as aloof, somewhat superior characters, men in authority, all of which made him such a good foil for the likes of Hancock and Spike Milligan, which has brought me now to this honoured spot".

Has the electronic revolution pushed us so far down the path of celebrity as a summum bonum that an author's works, be they one volume or 50, serve primarily as his or her ticket to the lecture platform, or, since even that is somewhat hierarchical and aloof, a series of one-on-one orgies of personal access?

Although her early on-stage style could be somewhat haughty and aloof, in later years, Simone particularly seemed to enjoy engaging her audiences sometimes by recounting humorous anecdotes related to her career and music and by soliciting requests.

Even to his contemporaries, Pindar must have seemed an aloof and somewhat enigmatic figure.

It's impossible to say how much she is bothered by this fate, because for all of Mann's consistently energetic reporting, she remains an aloof and somewhat inscrutable figure, her attachment to her own celebrity never satisfactorily explained.