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

I’m truly fearful he’ll get the idea that you estrange from a family member as easily as you throw away a napkin.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021

In his color work, he sometimes accepted ambient blurs of motion to emphasize, and estrange, the stillness of a certain subject amid a street’s commotion.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019

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

Yea, change yon river’s course; estrange   The seven sweet stars; make hate divide   The full moon from the flowing tide,— But this old truth ye cannot change.

From Songs of the Mexican Seas by Miller, Joaquin