Sentences with phrase «aloofness into»

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Primitive ideas of dreadful unapproachableness in deity had been left behind; the concept of divine sanctity had been sublimated into terms of transcendent purity; and instead of «holiness» meaning aloofness, it could itself characterize a humble and contrite heart.

T he older fear and resentment toward Protestants now turned into smug, but edgy, aloofness.

Backbench mutterings about the PM's cold - fish aloofness are nothing new, but it taps into a deeper worry: if Cameron can't be bothered to shoot the breeze with local MPs, is he really connecting with hard - pressed families?

While Obama can't be held directly responsible for this incident, it can give a transparent look into his administrative style.The books on the Obama administration all seem to show a detached Obama administrator; someone with a distant coolness from getting into the muck and grime of the federal bureaucracies.The GSA Vegas convention may be another indication of Obama's administrative aloofness.

His ad - lib and Goldblum - ish «uhm - ahh» fit into authoritative aloofness and occasional acts of absurdity.

It shows no desire to entice you in, but that aloofness, and some moments so dazzlingly strange that they startle you into alertness, make it as seductive as it is repellent.

His agitated and volatile energy functioned as a counterweight to Brando's high - viscosity aloofness in The Wild One (53), but Marvin eventually learned to incorporate the latter's brooding into his own staccato restlessness, resulting in many a show - stopping study of the Soulful Man of Steel.

Miles Teller's performance is mesmerizing, as his laidback aloofness charms us (as much as it charms the people around him) into thinking that maybe he doesn't have a problem.

CON: In some lines, this aloofness has developed into a touch of aggression.

Then they grow into adults, and can still be cute, but such a pet's newfound independence and growing aloofness may feel bittersweet to its human kin, begging the question: How might a kitten lover keep young cats in their lives — without ever worrying about them growing up?

Becomes a bit of a bully though in leaving weight and volume behind, it slims down to practically nothing but a hard dot and under its own momentum rises from the ground at great speeds and travels through the empty volumeless atmosphere bashing into other molecules which have likewise shed their plump attractiveness — getting thoroughly mixed up in their aloofness they lose all sense of up and down.