How to Use out of touch in a Sentence
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And the Bay Area college sports scene seems out of touch.
— Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023 -
Join us on Twitter and Facebook The criticism feels out of touch.
— Sara Stewart, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Lasso is seen by many here as out of touch with the population; his approval ratings have dropped in recent months to the teens.
— Diana Durán, Washington Post, 17 May 2023 -
But the gallery that day seemed wan, provincial and jarringly out of touch with the cosmopolitan city outside.
— Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Awards shows have been losing viewers and have been criticized as boring and out of touch in recent years.
— Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2023 -
Some, granted, are old-fashioned and out of touch, indoctrinated in stale rudiments and preachments of the past.
— Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023 -
Republicans denounced Beshear's veto, calling him a tool of the far-left who is out of touch with Kentuckians.
— Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Mar. 2023 -
In the Kremlin’s propaganda, Biden is now invariably portrayed as senile, sleepy and out of touch.
— David E. Sanger, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Berman built an entire brand on quick-witted, quirky references, but trying to draw a line from Honest Abe to a historic night on his birthday came across as out of touch.
— Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Accordingly, the Grammys have been rebuked and even boycotted by some Black artists, who charge the awards are out of touch and do not reflect the creative and commercial impact of their work.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023 -
Others dismissed the workshops as out of touch, even appropriative.
— Mattie Kahn, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023 -
Her older brother Patrick withdrew for years into Buddhist monasticism and still lives abroad, sunk in his coding and largely out of touch.
— John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023 -
The situation the east and Bakhmut in particular prove both that the soviet era generals are out of touch and that the the allies are not delivering enough of what is needed.
— Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Since becoming president in 2017, Macron often has been accused of arrogance and being out of touch.
— Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 19 Mar. 2023 -
The average traveler probably has a perception of the CEO of an airline as possibly being a little out of touch.
— Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023 -
Some opponents accuse the president of being out of touch, and Charles hasn’t been spared from similar criticism as protests continued this week.
— Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023 -
There is something incredibly alluring about a series that features stunning luxury homes and the filthy rich, out of touch people who are tasked with selling them.
— Jihane Bousfiha, Men's Health, 20 Jan. 2023 -
Sanderson's lawyer described Paltrow as wealthy and out of touch, while Paltrow's attorney cast doubt on Sanderson's memory, noting his age of 76 and prior brain injuries.
— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023 -
Lawmakers were lambasted for being out of touch with the realities of social media.
— WIRED, 1 Apr. 2023 -
The Netanyahus have been criticized for being out of touch with regular Israelis and living a lavish lifestyle at taxpayer expense.
— Ilan Ben Zion, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023 -
Lead with an employee-first mindset: executives are notorious for being out of touch with their employees so putting yourself in their shoes is key.
— Susan Lamotte, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 -
All except the two incumbents say the board is out of touch, disconnected from the community and losing the trust of parents, teachers and students over problems like salaries, bullying, teacher morale and student mental health.
— Elizabeth Sander, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Apr. 2023 -
The stories are fuel for opponents who accuse Sunak — a former investment banker who is married to the daughter of an Indian billionaire — of leading a government of the wealthy that is out of touch with the struggles of ordinary people.
— BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023 -
Fifty-three percent of workers believe that their employers are out of touch with what employees want from company culture, according to a survey from the e-learning and HR publishing platform eLearningIndustries.
— Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023 -
The Empire as a quaint institution seems out of touch (especially when skinhead protesters violently invade the premise, attacking Stephen).
— Armond White, National Review, 9 Dec. 2022 -
And most high-level events bringing together the public and private sectors are flooded with lofty conversations led by corporates and politicians who come across as tragically out of touch with how local communities are being impacted by the crisis.
— Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2023
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