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estrange

[ih-streynj] / ɪˈstreɪndʒ /


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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

García's film is about fathers and sons, and it certainly tackles the thorniness that can estrange children and their parents.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2022

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

If I revert to my devotion to you, it is to prove that no worldly motives could estrange me from the partner of my miseries.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

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

“I didn’t see her, and nor was she with her family … It breaks bonds and estranges people.”

From The Guardian Dec. 13, 2020

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

That which estranges you from me, binds me to your house and noble race still more firmly, and with a bond that no earthly power can dissolve.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

‘I have zero regrets’: I’m 84 and estranged from my two adult sons.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Rodgers also has been estranged from his parents and brothers for quite some time now.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The estranged prince and his family, including seven-year-old Archie and five-year-old Lilibet, will stay in a mixture of royal residences and private accommodation during the visit, the source confirmed to AFP.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Molly Shannon, Ferrell’s frequent scene partner on “SNL,” plays the protagonist’s estranged wife.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Though Leah and Maggie remained estranged, both saw their youngest sister often, and doted on their one.year-old nephew.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

By estranging me from the world, derealization, paradoxically, makes it more real.

From Scientific American Jun. 14, 2022

Though the situation’s murky, the syntax estranging, the form itself is familiar, for most of the book: left-justified lines, grouped into stanzas.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2020

“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

There is but one way you can possibly defeat her success, and that is by estranging her from the world, and withdrawing her from all intercourse with society.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James




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