How to Use "standoffish" with Example Sentences

1. The previously standoffish imf co-operates with the european commission , national governments and the banks .

2. Unlike standoffish berliners , ordinary folk in dortmund joined the party .

3. The elder president bush reveals that elizabeth ii is " rather formal " but not " standoffish " .

4. If he is standoffish in public , he can still enjoy the mothering he secretly still craves in the privacy of home .

5. Blacksburg , va. ( ap ) -- a virginia tech graduate student accused of beheading a fellow student displayed erratic and standoffish behavior in the months before the attack on campus this week , his landlord said friday .