Example Sentences

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“The Exhibit” wants to convey art’s power and mystique without estranging the uninitiated.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

By estranging me from the world, derealization, paradoxically, makes it more real.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2022

“Financial derivatives are more cognitively estranging than pennies. Global climate change is more cognitively estranging than yesterday’s local weather.”

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2019

They spoke on the condition of anonymity over concerns about estranging colleagues.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2018

"Oh if I could but know,—if I could but feel sure that my enemies will not succeed in estranging her heart from me!"

From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef