alienate
Example Sentences
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Their baseless concern was that it would alienate English speakers.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026
He thinks such an approach can alienate those with families, as well as experienced older workers who "can actually work far less and achieve much more because they know what they're doing".
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which is so grateful to have you as adoring readers but will sue you in North Carolina if you alienate your affection for us.
From Slate • Jan. 17, 2026
But Marmatakis’ designs, often gorgeously abstract, are intended to entice viewers, not alienate them.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
How could he have been so blind as not to see how dangerous it might be for him to alienate the one impartial party, his one potential ally?
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
