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Example sentences for: alienate

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I think we are reaching new levels of cynicism in New York City politics, which can only further alienate people from civic engagement.
This willingness to accommodate will alienate the Senate's ultraconservative "firebrands," who seek war against Clinton and the Democrats over the balanced budget, abortion, and flag-burning.
What is most striking about The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer 1908-1958 (the first of a projected two volumes), though, is that this duality--the push to achieve wed to a penchant for flamboyant failure; the ability to win a passionate following yet alienate the people who could keep him in power--was evident well before he thought about running for public office.
Wanting neither to alienate his party-mates nor lose his meal ticket in Johnson, Ross tried to avert a vote altogether.
Felicity didn't just alienate Noel and her best friend and land herself a boyfriend who gives every sign of being a sleazebag (and whom one hopes she'll slough off within an episode or two).