Sentence examples for he was remote from inspiring English sources

He was remote.

He was remote, far from us all".

But, living in Birmingham, he was remote from the growing violence of the Troubles.

He was remote and brusque and could be willful, even arrogant, never reluctant to snatch victory away from deserving teammates in a race.

When he returned from Italy to Salt Lake City, he was "remote, erratic, heavy drinking, a martinet," the younger Mr. Mathews, 61, recalled.

When the former Liberian president Charles Taylor was found guilty at the Hague last year of war crimes in Sierra Leone, "nobody gave much of a damn because he was remote for us.

David later told a court that when he killed the priest, it was as if "he was remote-controlled".

He is remote from the onetime Francophile mainstream defined by Copland and other apostles of Nadia Boulanger; he wasn't a rebel (though the rebellious Henry Cowell championed him).

Today, Ted is not so reclusive as he is remote, spending his time at his childhood home on the secluded Greek island of Andros.

Its pathos was underscored by an implication that the woman he loved was remote and unattainable.

Lew Grossman was remote.