alienation
Example Sentences
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He posits that all the various forms of our modern alienation are connected, drawing throughlines that are both preposterous and incisive as he shows his work.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
The inquiry said this may have contributed to alienation and increased hesitancy.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Today, in an age of digital alienation and loneliness, Inge’s themes are freshly relevant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Tom is gripped by a sense of social as well as marital alienation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
It was all part of the Adams pattern, an iconoclastic and contrarian temperament that relished alienation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing alienation
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