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Example sentences for: alienate

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The fiction editor quit, claiming the editor in chief had been afraid that Leavitt's explicit gay sex scenes would alienate advertisers.
Should I possibly go against my faith to support my son by attending a pagan rite, or should I alienate my son because of my own religious beliefs?
Her songs of rage, like "You Oughta Know" (composed with an experienced collaborator), draw on the styles and attitudes of folkie Joni Mitchell and experimentalist Yoko Ono . Morrissette rations the rough edges to create music that will energize but not alienate her young, primarily female audience.
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.