alienate

"It might alienate us initially, but eventually it inspires us," Chayka says.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The music must be special in some way, yet not so far removed from the familiar as to alienate core audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

His buffoonish bravado and frequent failures alienate everyone who is not completely in his camp.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

A point they do argue — that picking on billionaires will alienate them, push them out of California and tank the state’s budget — is at least plausible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Without really meaning to, I manage to alienate everyone but the endocrinologists, and even some of them are put off by a remark I made concerning blood calcium levels in hypoparathyroidism.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Mr. Reid is an engaging leading man, and Rapp either charms or alienates everyone he meets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

And so EU member states are selecting strategic partners that they believe suit their national needs, even if that alienates or irritates fellow member states.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the episode, Scotty Bristol is portrayed as a demanding, abrasive boss who alienates his writers.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

She alienates Bonnie and the whole team with bloated speeches, anti-mediocrity platitudes, bursts of temper and displays of ingratitude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

“These are just rumors and gossip. The proverbs say ‘He who harps on a matter alienates his friend.’

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

From the moment she walked onto the stage at his public memorial in Arizona to fireworks more suited for a World Series championship, Erika Kirk has alienated people, even drawing accusations of faking her sorrow.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

With a few posts, they alienated the very supporters who championed them as living proof of redemption.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

A public feud with his stepmother, former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro—one of the conservative movement’s most popular figures among women and evangelical voters—has also alienated some voters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

She went on to be the UN rights chief, a sensitive role in which she alienated some countries, especially China, which mauled her for reporting on Beijing's alleged abuses of the country's Uyghur minority group.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The ship, as the cliché says, was very small, and on the ship, I was correspondingly even more tiny, so that one would think I would feel dwarfed, alienated in some way.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Their crippling codependence is alienating, as if there really were only one of them.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

But the move risks alienating customers who already may be grumbling about the complex array of ticket options when it comes time to book a flight.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

In a time when teen life is subsumed by alienating digital technology and an understandable risk-aversion, “Nimrods” takes the yearnings of its young punks seriously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

“But he risks alienating the working-class supporters who form the National Rally’s core electorate,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Not a single story has a magical priest who is terribly to be feared because he knows ways of winning over the gods or alienating them.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton