The novelist employed multiple distantiations to prevent readers from identifying too closely with the protagonist.

After the heated debate, she tried to distantiate herself from the party's more extreme positions.

The poet spoke of a distantial shore that belonged only to memory.

Her deliberate distantiation from the group surprised everyone.

After the disagreement, she distantiated herself from the group to think things over.

After the betrayal, he spent months distantiating himself from everyone he once trusted.

To avoid any appearance of bias, the director distantiates the committee from donors during the audit.