| At the same time he lacked the pompousness and standoffish attitude which is the way of some foreign correspondents. |
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| For example a Rex with his silly behavior with a standoffish Russian Blue may not be the right combination. |
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| Okay, so she was sort of uptight and standoffish, but I didn't think much about it. |
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| The essence of the myth is that the English are standoffish, the Welsh are clannish and only the Scots and the Irish mix with anyone. |
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| When I first met him, I did not think he would talk to me because he had an appearance about him of being kind of tough and standoffish. |
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| The previously standoffish IMF co-operates with the European Commission, national governments and the banks. |
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| Ingrid is a mature girl who likes to be in control and can be quite standoffish. |
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| They were always a haughty family, standoffish in a way, as they've a right to be. |
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| His initial impression was that he was a bit standoffish or not over effusive. |
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| I think people are still a little nervous around strangers or people they feel will be standoffish, or busy, or adversely affected by their own famousness or whatever. |
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| It took Frank Capra's demotic genius to remold the standoffish Jean Arthur into a skeptical but ardent professional woman — a smart cookie with a gurgling voice — whom audiences fell in love with. |
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| However, they can come across cold or standoffish to some. |
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| Often a project head may be a good coach in the run-up to the presentation, showing he wants to work with you, but then bevery standoffish in front of the major decision-makers during your presentation. |
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| He was regarded standoffish or withdrawn or even as a miseryguts. |
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