be alienated from
Example Sentences
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The dictates evoked sharp criticism from some members of the body, who claimed to be alienated from the decision-making process.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2015
In this context, the doctrine effectively means that parkland in New York State cannot be alienated from public use by local governments without Albany’s consent.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2015
They tend to be alienated from the folks around them.
From Salon • May 18, 2013
And that is good, as I would hate to be alienated from a city that I came to love over time.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2011
Intrigues, moreover, were apprehended from the other side, lest the Lutherans should be held up to odium as the enemies of unity and obstacles to an alliance, and the Landgrave be alienated from them.
From Life of Luther by Koestlin, Julius
