alienation

Example Sentences

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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

But while the sense of alienation and frustration at the steady vanishing of opportunity may be more intense here, it is felt elsewhere too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

But what we can do is call attention to the forms of nonviolent resistance that challenge our prevalent culture of rage and alienation.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

These studies indicate that the biggest problem the black community may face today is not “shamelessness” but rather the severe isolation, distrust, and alienation created by mass incarceration.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander