How to Use estrange in a Sentence

estrange

verb
  • Both of his sons have since died and his wife, Ruth, is estranged.
    Katie Benner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • She's long been estranged from him, and plans to spend the weekend getting ready to sell the house.
    Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
  • The truth is that they were estranged—but not until the early 1900s.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Kevin and Sara’s bond is keeping them glued to their phones, and estranging them from the world.
    Hazlitt, 19 July 2023
  • And there’s a reason for that: father and son are estranged.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The girl, who is estranged from her mother, has since been placed in a foster home.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Danvers and Rambeau, her estranged niece, aren’t on the best terms at the moment.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2023
  • My father has been abusive to me my whole life, and I’ve been estranged from him for years.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Some may have moms who have died, or are estranged from their mothers.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
  • Kyle was estranged from his family, but has since claimed that is no longer the case.
    Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 28 Sep. 2019
  • None of it is my choice, but those estranged shall not be rewarded.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • In the 20 years since their breakup, though, they had been estranged and had not acted together again.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Mary lost rights to her four children, who were estranged from their mother for decades.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Chris Webber has been estranged from the rest of his Michigan teammates for decades.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
  • My husband has been estranged from this daughter for more than two years.
    Carolyn Hax, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
  • My husband has been estranged from this daughter for over two years.
    Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2017
  • But he has been estranged from the Knicks because of his criticism of Mr. Dolan and the team’s performance.
    James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • To see the truth and salvage her legacy, Bertie must let go of the pride that estranged her from her late college-dropout daughter.
    Josie Howell | , al, 9 Apr. 2023
  • By this time, Tori was estranged from Candy and had been determined to live on her own dime for years.
    Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • My 90-year-old father and my younger brother are estranged.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • He was broke, divorced from his first wife, estranged from his second wife.
    Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2017
  • She was never crowned, as she was estranged from her husband, King George IV.
    Town & Country, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Allen is long estranged from Mia Farrow and the Farrow siblings.
    Author: Paul Farhi, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The two former friends were estranged at the time of his death after a fight led to their separation.
    Paula Rogo, Essence, 20 Nov. 2019
  • And those who are estranged from the culture and looking to reconnect to find grounding in their lives.
    Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2018
  • The couple has been estranged since the mid-1990s, according to the newspaper.
    NBC News, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The world seems almost designed to estrange us from ourselves.
    John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
  • She was estranged from her [Black] father, and grew up with siblings that look nothing like her.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 June 2024
  • Pitt has long been estranged from his son, as he’s also become estranged from most — if not all — of his six children with Jolie.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Among the people who came to say their final goodbyes was her father and her grandmother, with whom Mama June is estranged.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024

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