estrangement

Example Sentences

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Instead, Mr. Putin seems to have embraced a state of political, economic and cultural estrangement from the West more extreme than at any point since the end of the Cold War.

From New York Times

Besides my mother, husband and kids, my brother’s family is all of my family and I have not had contact with my niece or nephew since this estrangement started.

From Washington Post

The consequence of defying my mother's fear wasn't a cure for my anxiety, or hers — it was our estrangement.

From Salon

The estrangement didn’t really start for me until college, because that’s when I hit the wall with European art, which I did not connect to.

From New York Times

Pádraic's distress and incomprehension around Colm's rejection allows McDonagh to explore not only the grief experienced when adult friends decouple, but also vicariously the collapse of childhood friendships or family estrangements.

From Salon