alienation

The production, directed by Diane Paulus, opens with Berenger lying slouched against the door of the town cafe, musing on his youth, which has given way to a sense of alienation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Vladimir Tikhonov, Korean Studies professor at the University of Oslo, told AFP Guryong "symbolises the alienation of the urban poor from the mainstream of South Korean society".

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

The conception of the role, marked by a dim view of stardom’s suffocating alienation, was something Jolie clearly understood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

She says she connected with Eminem's work early on - especially the feeling of being out of step with the world around you and turning that alienation into music.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

The moment I entered the bright, buzzing lobby of Men's House I was overcome by a sense of alienation and hostility.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Events of every description, changes, alienations, removals, – all, all must be comprised in it; and oblivion of the past – how natural, how certain too!

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2021

John David Washington’s performance in BlacKkKlansman is impressive but the film’s quasi-Brechtian alienations and comic cartoonery arguably mean that it is more difficult to engage with his character emotionally.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2019

Thus far, both as lover and husband, in all their alienations, Hartley had been the first to yield; and it was so now.

From After the Storm by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

All the train of alienations, suspicions, earthly passions, which exist in our minds and are sure to issue in quarrels or bad blood, will be put down if we have 'salt in ourselves.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren

An edict of the king's had revoked all the graces and alienations of domains granted by his father.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Robert Black