estrangement

Example Sentences

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The trail of damage from Patterson’s pet project includes money fights, family estrangement and bitter fallouts as friends turned on each other amid efforts to debunk or defend the footage over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

A researcher in family estrangement for more than 10 years, psychologist Dr Lucy Blake said there is no data to indicate estrangement is rising, but there has been a huge shift in dialogue.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Pope Francis negotiated a resumption of diplomatic relations with Washington under president Barack Obama in 2015, after decades of Cold War estrangement.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

“We Don’t Talk” appears to address her estrangement from her older sister, Haylie, while “Weather for Tennis” describes her tendency to keep the peace as a child of divorce.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

The mutual distrust between the men who were just awakened and those who were ending a long night gave everyone a feeling of estrangement.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers