Sentence examples for warm and distant from inspiring English sources

He can be warm and distant in the same day".

In São Paulo, we meet Schendel's daughter Ada (named, in a contradictory gesture she says was typical of her mother, after the grandmother who was so alternately warm and distant) and grandson Max for lunch.

That year, a pair of high-profile, high-concept summer series nudged the format into American prime time: "Big Brother," a Dutch import, was built around surveillance-style footage of competitors locked in a house; "Survivor," a Swedish import, isolated its stars by shipping them somewhere warm and distant, where they participated in faux tribal competitions.

She is tender and distant at once.

At the Koryo Hotel, staff members who two years ago were by all accounts surly and distant are now warm and hospitable, bringing hot water and extra blankets to compensate for the lack of heat.

Many affected warm proxy personalities that were chummy and distant, like teachers'.

She is still a strikingly handsome woman, with a chic, highlighted bob and a warm if distant gaze.

I often hear this from men my age, the discovery that fathers who were once cold and distant have evolved into warm and engaged grandparents.

Even some voters recognize the disconnect between Mr. Romney's private persona (funny, self-deprecating, warm, say aides) and his public one (awkward and distant at times).

She can be warm and engaging in small settings but dull and distant before large crowds.

Their friendship was warm and close, unlike her far more distant dealings with Matisse.