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Six example sentences with aloof, each labelled with its topic.
The northern cities stood aloof during the dispute, sending neither troops nor money to either side for three years.
History
The cellist kept aloof from the crowd after the show, packing up and leaving through a side door nightly.
Music
The new signing held aloof through training camp, eating alone and skipping the team dinners the veterans organized.
Basketball
The mayor stayed aloof from the recall campaign, refusing to endorse either side or attend a single rally.
Politics
The chairman remained aloof during the merger talks, letting his deputies negotiate while he sat silent upstairs.
Business
The heroine holds aloof from village gossip for two hundred pages before one letter finally drags her in.
Literature
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