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Research shows that adults who estrange themselves from relatives often do so "with a great amount of care and consideration over time," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Translation was for him a ferrying across borders and a way of hearing one language estrange another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

"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

After that, people began to estrange them, and to rouse her against him.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz

She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

There exists an invisible line that estranges us both emotionally and, often physically, from the rest of the society.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2019

Ultimately, this thing is just another machine that estranges us from the ingredients that make up the food and drinks that we consume.

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2018

Meekness, he said, “enables us to set aside everything that divides and estranges us, and to find ever new ways to advance along the path of unity.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2016

Wilhelmine’s excessive sentimentality estranges her from her husband, a weak brutish man, who has no comprehension of her feelings.

From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer

When writer Christina Wyman discovered that her mother was active in a Facebook group for estranged parents, she found herself in a toxic echo chamber that was doing more harm than good.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

One is a tabloid-worthy court battle with his estranged wife over whether the $723 million he has offered her is fair settlement for the dissolution of their nearly 24-year marriage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

There are so many comments from parents who proudly proclaim they have disinherited their estranged child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

In June, he added novelist to an already stacked resume with “Palmdale,” his incredibly entertaining dirtbag-noir debut about a PI and his estranged daughter reuniting over a case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

I always knew, even when I was estranged from the regent, that all my friends might desert me, all my plans might founder, all my hopes be dashed, but the regent would never abandon me.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“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

I am very sorry for Aunt Kitty, and hope that no one who loves her will add to her sorrow by estranging themselves from Mary—above all, that you will not consider her religion a barrier.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare