alienating

Example Sentences

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Still, executives don’t want to cut returns at the risk of alienating shoppers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Financial planners who brush off crypto and reject it outright risk alienating these potential clients.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

At times, the company’s frenzied acting becomes theatrically alienating.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Whether that objective is achievable, and without permanently alienating its neighbours, remains the unanswered question.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

She said my alienating the family would one day seem foolish to me, as it did to her.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King