estrange

Example Sentences

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"Children who choose to estrange themselves aren't making a little decision on a whim," explained Joshua Stein, a researcher who tracks online trends, especially those that intersect with psychology and bioethics.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Novey transports us toward two reckonings: what exactly happened to estrange the women and, later, how Leah will respond to Jean’s legacy of sculptures.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

And now the cat is out of the bag, and the new electronic devices, which estrange people from their morals, also make it easier to steal music than to pay for it.”

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2014

There are some who would like to estrange this swath of the country even further from Australia’s coastal population centers.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2014

It amused him to quiz customers of his bank, though he took care not to estrange them.

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith