How to Use alienate in a Sentence

alienate

verb

• The most likely outcome will simply be to alienate her from you.
  — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
• Such actions alienated many in the venture capital and tech sectors.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
• Yet few issues can alienate the public like the double standard of politicians partying while telling others to hunker down at home.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2022
• However, there’s nothing here to alienate those who are attracted to Garmin for its strong fitness focus and long battery life.
  — Andrew Williams, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
• While the habit itself is probably fine, going about it in a rigid or compulsive way might alienate others who come in contact with or are affected by your routine.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 17 Jan. 2022
• Equating funds raised with community support alienates voters.
  — Ashwani Jain, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2024
• But a key question for next year is whether Trump's interest in loyalty could alienate some Republicans in the Senate.
  — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
• The university couldn’t afford to alienate Fort Gordon officials.
  — Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 20 Jan. 2022
• He is alienated, set apart from the rest of the world by his own making.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2024
• The beer brand ended up alienating all parties in the process.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
• Reports on Wednesday were that the Dodgers feel the same way, not wanting to alienate some or most of the fan base.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• Ankara could no longer afford to alienate rich Gulf states.
  — Jomana Karadsheh and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
• So for an artist to come out and talk conscious, you’ll get alienated.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
• From the start of her career, Sweet embraced a brand of politics that aimed to alienate no one.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
• A lot of people think my big goal is to alienate people and to give them a big middle finger.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• That would alienate even more people who can’t afford to pay $50 a night to pitch a tent on public lands.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2022
• But the last thing any leader wants to do is alienate those who hold the power of rescue in this make-or-break moment.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• This is not a show afraid to alienate its audience or push past their comfort zone.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
• The party that is judged to be the aggressor could alienate fence sitters that view the war from a moral perspective.
  — Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• There’s no way to grow by a factor of five, of course, without alienating some loyal diehards.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
• Any new path brings some members on board but alienates others.
  — Tim Hanrahan, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
• Someone who is in love with her daughter and alienated from her.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
• Likely not finding its way to that resume: alienating most of the teachers in the building.
  — James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
• The kiss appeared to give in to these fan demands while alienating a different part of the fandom who felt the kiss didn’t make any sense.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
• China, the world’s second largest economy, may be too big to alienate now.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• The ending to this story doesn’t have to feel so inevitable, like this slow, alienating death march toward ...
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• The history is harsh but Williams foregrounds a structure that doesn’t alienate.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
• The pope was also worried, the book shows, that opposing the Führer would alienate millions of German Catholics.
  — Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
• The trick will be to expand the U.S. customer base without alienating Slurpee/hotdog fans.
  — Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
• In adding these features to new grills, though, the company wants to be careful not to alienate current loyal users.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024