Sample Sentences for
alienate
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    Dad looked at me, waiting for me to give an opinion, but I felt alienated from myself.  (source)
    alienated = emotionally separated
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    He speaks of the alienation of youth and the need for "connectedness" with the society around me.  (source)
    alienation = feeling emotionally separated
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    We have reason to believe that the alienated forces within Earth civilization will coalesce and grow.  (source)
    alienated = feeling emotionally separated from most
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    I am sure that there must be a way to reach even the most alienated, hostile teen before it is too late—before things have gone so far that we feel tempted to throw up our hands and watch our worst fears come true.  (source)
    alienated = emotionally isolated
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    Its result, on earth, could hardly fail to be insanity, and hereafter, that eternal alienation from the Good and True, of which madness is perhaps the earthly type.  (source)
    alienation = separation
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    We might alienate the Fremen if we took those bases.†  (source)
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    We didn't follow the Dick Marcinko Charm School of arrogance and alienating people.†  (source)
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    The proverbs say 'He who harps on a matter alienates his friend.'†  (source)
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    She had published a number of books and articles with titles full of alienations, roles, transactions, social contexts, and more alienations.†  (source)
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    Now, with Langdon separated from Sophie on the far side of the room, Teabing sensed he had successfully alienated the two companions from one another.  (source)
    alienated = emotionally separated
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    Man's feeling of alienation in the world creates a sense of despair, boredom, nausea, and absurdity.†  (source)
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    And some of them I don't want to alienate before I can move openly.†  (source)
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    It was "alienating oneself from the people," according to what Chairman Mao said.†  (source)
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