alienation

Example Sentences

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Tom is gripped by a sense of social as well as marital alienation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Stigma and alienation are unavoidable even in the most progressive quarters.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

“The result: alienation of loyal customers, mounting competitive pressures, and a biz in clear decline,” he wrote.

From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025

Folkstone MP and immigration lawyer Tony Vaughan said making refugee status temporary would create a "situation of perpetual limbo and alienation".

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

The anonymity and alienation of big-city life makes people hard and unfeeling.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell