Sentences with phrase «with aloofness»

Quickly, he masked his angry jade eyes with aloofness.

In particular, UKIP has remained popular among those who are disillusioned with the aloofness of the political elite.

Coming on the heels of Elinor Tatum's warning in The Amsterdam News that Cuomo is risking losing the black vote come November with his aloofness and coupled with the Paladino campaign's relentless hammering of the AG for ducking debates and the criticism on national TV from his old rival, Eliot Spitzer, this has got to be weighing heavily on Cuomo.

True to its Byzantine tradition, Russian Christianity gave prominence to monasticism, but, somewhat differently from the Byzantine monasticism with its aloofness from the world, due in part to the initiative of Theodosius many Russian monasteries served the sick and the poor, and the monks were guides and confessors to the rank and file of the laity.

Not exact matches

Far from being synonymous with goodness or righteousness, therefore, «holiness,» at the first, suggested the aloofness and inviolability of the god.

On the other hand one should mention that he possessed a certain aloofness; he was distanced from things; from people as well as from the issues he was dealing with, and even a certain basic distance from his Church.

Our selfish isolationism, our refusal to participate in the effort to build a world order of peace and justice through the League of Nations, our aloofness from the World court, our scuttling of the London Economic Conference, our interference with the free flow of goods by high tariffs, our Oriental Exclusion Act, our arming of Japan for her war upon China, are a few of the counts in the indictment which the God and Father of all mankind must bring against us.

This relation of the Christian teaching to life (in contrast with a scientific aloofness from life), or this ethical side of Christianity, is essentially the edifying, and the form in which it is presented, however strict it may be, is altogether different, qualitatively different, from that sort of learning which is «indifferent,» the lofty heroism of which is from a Christian point of view so far from being heroism that from a Christian point of view it is an inhuman sort of curiosity.

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.

Faced with urban development, mass tourism and invasive species, the staff of the Galapagos National Park have a lot to do if they are to maintain the archipelago's aloofness from globalisation's homogenising glare.

Sometimes it feels like a tease with its frustrating aloofness, along with its head - scratching narrative detours, including a sequence in which the main character slowly eats and chokes on a slice of cake in a restaurant without further explanation.

Daniel Day - Lewis really caught the ambience of a fashion designer with his facial expression of amusement and aloofness.

Sure Wilson plays his usual role: a surfers aloofness, with a cool head, and an low volume aw - shucks Texas drawl.

Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski along with director Pawel Pawlikowski have such a strong eye for the world they have created, shooting the scenes in the convent with a different language than the scenes in the outside world, drumming up themes of isolation, discomfort and aloofness with nothing more than the camera lens.

Scott has made great films using these techniques, but the best move he makes on Thelma & Louise is to remove the aloofness generally associated with his style, allowing us to get to know the two women at the heart of the film.

Enid and Rebecca's friendship is characterized by acerbic aloofness and the savage mockery of anyone and anything imbued with an ounce of earnest appreciation.

The Rottweiler is basically a calm, confident and courageous dog with a self - assured aloofness that does not lend itself to immediate and indiscriminate friendships.

Some aloofness with strangers and assertiveness towards other dogs is accepted.

It is important to socialize them with other animals, and be frequently introduced to people in the public of every ethnicity, sex, and size as to decrease their aloofness and skepticism of strangers.

The AKC Standard describes the Rottweiler as «a calm, confident, and courageous dog with a self - assured aloofness that does not lend itself to immediate and indiscriminate friendships.»

With his long shaggy locks, curiously perked ears and air of dignified aloofness, the Briard is indeed a French sheepdog with that je ne sais quois - not like his British or German sheepherding brothers, but entirely origiWith his long shaggy locks, curiously perked ears and air of dignified aloofness, the Briard is indeed a French sheepdog with that je ne sais quois - not like his British or German sheepherding brothers, but entirely origiwith that je ne sais quois - not like his British or German sheepherding brothers, but entirely original.

They are loyal pets that appreciate attention with a streak of aloofness and independence.

Across the board, the dark and severe is replaced with confident aloofness, the same way that Premonition's hero, Agent Francis York Morgan, shifts from blasting paranormal monstrosities to fixating on a proper shave.

This aloofness is something Mr Stella relishes, claiming to have no interest in contemporary trends and dismissing Jeff Koons (to name one prominent target) as an artist for people with more money than taste.

That deep - seated sense of aloofness, perhaps, was part of the reason he gravitated towards McGeown as his friend, mentor and gallerist, rather than ending up with a larger, more international and go - getting gallery such as White Cube or Gagosian.

The major behaviors associated with people under stress include; aloofness, increased sadness, panic attacks, overly sarcastic humor and extreme negative self - talk.