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Discover LudwigThe phrase "aloof of" is not a grammatically correct part of a sentence in written English.
The correct phrase is "aloof from." Example: She stood aloof from the rest of the group, choosing to observe rather than participate.
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Thus, this most aloof of intellectuals saw himself as a participant in the Amerindian dialogues he analysed without claiming any kind of precedence for himself.
My God, could the nun, in fact, have been — Sister W averagee height, Egyptian-looking, the wittiest and most aloof of our nuns)?
In popular culture, mathematicians are portrayed as the most aloof of academics.
Meanwhile Instagram, another big name app that still stands aloof of the Windows Phone ecosystem, has apparently been offered millions of dollars to port the app by Microsoft and Nokia.
The preceding developments concerning energy policy have engendered numerous misgivings with regard to the strong role played by the state and to the regulation of the energy sector of the economy that is increasingly being perceived as being aloof of the markets.
as favoring group separation over inter-group exchange and finding a common ground; as being into national-level grand posturing while ignoring the local hic et nunc; as being largely theoretical and aloof of concrete policy concerns; and as showing itself unprepared for compromising its radical and purist agenda.
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Most teammates, in fact, thought Bryant was arrogant, aloof, out of touch with reality.
I hope at the end he had put all the nonsense about being cold and aloof out of his mind.
In 2014, the economy in Ghana had gotten so bad under the past regime that I asked myself whether to continue in the comfort of being chairman of Databank, aloof to the politics of the nation.
Schulhoff's suite is made up of six movements named after popular dances, and the Riverside players brought out the distinctive sound of each: the aloof grace of "Valse Boston," the preening trumpets of "Shimmy," the eroticism of "Tango".
They get labeled with the stigma of busy instead of productive, and aloof instead of focused.
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