IMPERSONAL in a Sentence

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For IMPERSONAL, below is one of 45 sentences:
He had been kindness itself during her miserable convalescence, but it was the kindness of an impersonal stranger.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPERSONAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
impersonal
 a.  having no personal preference; objective
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1  It was as though he bore an impersonal contempt for everyone and everything in the South, the Confederacy in particular, and took no pains to conceal it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  For a brief moment she wondered with impersonal curiosity what would be expected of a mistress.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
3  I have a deep and impersonal admiration for your endurance, Scarlett, and I do not like to see your spirit crushed beneath too many millstones.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
4  But, perhaps if she were alone with him once more, he might drop that mask of impersonal courtesy he had worn since coming to Atlanta.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
5  His one eye met hers with an impersonal animosity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
6  They clung close to Prissy, for even to their childish minds there was something frightening in the cold, impersonal atmosphere between their mother and their stepfather.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
7  He had been kindness itself during her miserable convalescence, but it was the kindness of an impersonal stranger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
8  Melanie was almost crying with embarrassment, Ashley was suddenly bleak and withdrawn and Rhett was watching her over his cigar with impersonal amusement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
9  His impersonal courtesy toward her that had begun during her convalescence continued and he did not fling softly drawled barbs at her or sting her with sarcasm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
10  Throughout these weeks they had met and spoken as courteously as strangers meeting in the impersonal walls of a hotel, sharing the same roof, the same table, but never sharing the thoughts of each other.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
11  He dropped her chin and, turning, walked back to his chair and sprawled tiredly again, his chin on his breast, his eyes looking up at her from under black brows in an impersonal speculative way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
12  Anything except this impersonal kindness that was written so plainly in his face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
13  Mrs. Gryce had a kind of impersonal benevolence: cases of individual need she regarded with suspicion, but she subscribed to Institutions when their annual reports showed an impressive surplus.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
14  I want you to try and be impersonal.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
15  I'll be as impersonal as cold boiled potatoes.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence:
1  I find the atmosphere there rather impersonal.
2  Hospitals always seem such impersonal places - rows of identical beds in dull grey rooms.
3  He always contributed impersonal criticism.
4  Tina just makes it funnier because her impersonation is so accurate.
5  She used to impersonate Madonna in evening parties.
6  He was caught trying to impersonate a military officer.