alienation

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Touched by Joe’s story of sibling alienation — “Our Christmas plans are to get the hell away from each other” — Santa works his wonders to keep them together until they get their brotherly magic back.

From Los Angeles Times

Critics also say the focus on efficiency eventually became obsessive, and led to workers’ mental exhaustion and alienation.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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