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They should ask themselves instead how anyone as bored and aloof as Barack Obama could bother himself to hate anything.

A Utah mother charged with killing six of her infant children was described as cold and aloof by a neighbor.

“She was always aloof, quiet, and never put out any effort to reciprocate,” Wall said.

I can see how it would make people come across as cagey or aloof.

No one could be on such terms with whites, and be at heart an Indian, they thought; so they held aloof from Ramona.

He stood aloof from Balliol, and, in spite of marked snubbing, steadily adhered to Edward.

So Piegan Smith and I stood aloof and watched the grim play, for the fate of a woman hung in the balance.

The images and pictures on the outside of the wall were made repellent, to keep strangers aloof.

Unquestionably he stood aloof from the battle, watching its progress at a safe distance.