alienation

Example Sentences

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Stigma and alienation are unavoidable even in the most progressive quarters.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

“The result: alienation of loyal customers, mounting competitive pressures, and a biz in clear decline,” he wrote.

From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025

Folkstone MP and immigration lawyer Tony Vaughan said making refugee status temporary would create a "situation of perpetual limbo and alienation".

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Critics also say the focus on efficiency eventually became obsessive, and led to workers’ mental exhaustion and alienation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Like others who know the pain of public alienation, we transformed the knowledge of our public separateness and made it consoling—the reminder of intimacy.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez