estrange

Example Sentences

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"Children who choose to estrange themselves aren't making a little decision on a whim," explained Joshua Stein, a researcher who tracks online trends, especially those that intersect with psychology and bioethics.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Novey transports us toward two reckonings: what exactly happened to estrange the women and, later, how Leah will respond to Jean’s legacy of sculptures.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

Thank goodness they’re not living with you anymore, and you don’t want to have a falling out that would estrange you from your nephew.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2015

The immutable fact of their friendship accommodates conflict that could fracture a marriage or estrange a parent.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 4, 2014

I do not think that it has been much of a drawback in politics, and the minds it would estrange are very few.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron