Sentence examples for aloof distance from inspiring English sources

Inglesby had been instructed by one of her distinguished balletmasters, Stanislas Idzikowski, that as director she should maintain Russian-style discipline and keep an aloof distance.

In an industry in which designers often maintain an aloof distance from the public, Scott bridged the gap between womenswear and its wearers.

I do have a feeling that — with Ian and Graham and Boyd and Kate Gretata has been slightly aloof, reasoning, distanced.

It prefers to stay aloof, to maintain a fictional distance from the grubby business of media and commerce.

In each of these cases, God does not remain aloof, watching us from a distance, but joins the conflict.

Dating back to his days at Citicorp, Mr. Reed, an M.I.T. graduate with an aloof, professorial approach, has kept his distance from Wall Street.

Many of his works seem aloof, his subjects, almost all women, distanced from the viewer, sometimes probably through his use of a camera lens.

Where there are fields with cattle or horses, the trees in the distance appear as remote and aloof as a coastline.

Rayyan's quiet poise often made him seem aloof, and his authority was defined by a ceremonial distance between himself and his subordinates.

Charmingly, her onstage persona is at once the archetypal pop star, reaching out to touch the outstretched hands of a frenzied front row, and intriguing and aloof, with her gaze often fixed on the middle distance.

If he seeks distance, he gets called on the carpet for being aloof.