disaffected

Example Sentences

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Protesters who filled the streets in recent weeks - and withdrew only under overwhelming force - remain deeply disaffected.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Mr. Bush came to the realization—and only after 9/11, remember—that vicious rulers and their failed states generate disaffected people who harbor ill designs on the United States.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

But it faces a mammoth task, with polls showing that the Green Party -- newly headed by a charismatic leader 30 years younger than Corbyn -- is mopping up most disaffected lefties.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

The first is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who knows that a lot of disaffected young people look up to him, and released a note-perfect video against creeping political violence on Thursday.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2025

She sounded disaffected, cool, all blues and violets, the opposite of the hot ember glow that burned inside Maya.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway