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Meanings of estranged in English

Caused to be unloved.

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Examples for "alienated"
Examples for "alienated"
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But many people seem to think African Americans are alienated from technology.
Wired
2
For the last 20 years we've become alienated from technology, says Upton.
BBC
3
It should not be able to be alienated at all, he said.
Radio NZ
4
In this case, Taylor's termination seems to have alienated just about everyone.
Wired
5
Because at this point, it seems that he has alienated almost everyone.
The Guardian
Usage of estranged in English
1
Another problematic relationship: that of Amy and her once estranged father, Mitch.
Ebony
2
The estranged couple also agreed to undergo individual counseling at the time.
Reuters
3
Meanwhile Pistorius's estranged father Henke offered him a smile and comforting hand.
The Guardian
4
It's his sometimes-estranged daughter calling, asking him to meet up for brunch.
The Guardian
5
STEVE Jacobs' estranged wife has moved on with a hunky Canadian soldier.
News.com.au
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The very quietude and fixity of their being perplexed and estranged me.
The Blue Flower
7
A socially active grandmother married three times and estranged from her kids.
206 Bones
8
The girl has been estranged from us all for a long time.
The Three Brides
9
Rooney's estranged wife Jan and his eight surviving children were all disinherited.
The Guardian
10
His father frowned on the engagement, and he became estranged from home.
Cowper
11
He felt estranged from her, yet still cherished the bitterness of disappointment.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories
12
Only those who are estranged from habits and customs can think straightforward.
The Untilled Field
13
Both Cleopatra and her estranged brother, Ptolemy XIII, were in his debt.
Cleopatra: a life
14
He had also been estranged by Charles's treatment of Goring in 1754.
Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles
15
A lovelorn British earl fakes amnesia to win back his estranged wife.
Wired
16
After their abrupt separation at Geneva, their relations continued to be estranged:
Women in the Life of Balzac
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Ireland
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