alienating

Example Sentences

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Contract screening has benefits, but alienating airports is a poor strategy to advance needed reform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Financial planners who brush off crypto and reject it outright risk alienating these potential clients.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Jimenez describes growing up in Orange County with few Latinos around outside of her family as an alienating experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Cooper said someone's accent is closely tied to who they are, so to be "repeatedly told you don't sound Welsh" despite it being a big part of their identity, can be "alienating".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 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