Example sentences for: alienated

How can you use “alienated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Some time ago, Peter Trudgill, a lecturer in linguistics at Reading University, deplored the fact that many kids get the idea that their own language is incorrect and even inferior, and as a result become alienated from at least two of the Three Rs.

  • The company is now hiring back a hundred or so claims agents to speed up processing, but it remains unclear how much long-term damage was done, in terms of alienated clients and health-care providers and of the months that Aetna has spent essentially flying blind.

  • That the Beatles singular revolution in rock sensibility was "camp," and that this was achieved through "the intersection of the band's alienated look and [impresario Brian Epstein's] longing gaze"--"a reverie of young lads in leather"?

  • Then they waste time on endless day trading and deplete their bank accounts on frivolous items--watches, suits, cell phones with Web browsers, huge bouquets they'll send to girlfriends alienated by their long hours and tedious business gossip, even though the girlfriends will just throw the flowers in the garbage."

  • He is a long shot: He lacks business experience, and he alienated owners with his pro-player stance during the strike.


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