alienating

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Jimenez describes growing up in Orange County with few Latinos around outside of her family as an alienating experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

The challenge for the government is delivering reforms bold enough to improve a system under enormous strain without alienating parents or leading to a backlash from its own MPs – all within constrained budgets.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Matthew Tkachuk, in particular, has spent his entire NHL career alienating pretty much anyone who has ever crossed his path.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 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