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Example sentences for: estranged

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Though Prudie doubts the estranged relative will be swayed by your opinion, Prudie agrees with you and hopes that your thoughts might make a difference in someone else's thinking.
Critics rank Spike Lee's Oedipal basketball drama--starring Denzel Washington as a convict and the NBA's Ray Allen as his estranged son--at the top of his oeuvre . After paying Lee's recent films scant attention, they declare him "underrated" and "overlooked" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). They're pleased to find that Allen can act, that Washington has a mean streak, and that Lee critiques capitalism more than he does racism.
Eyes Wide Shut has a timeless feel, and I don't mean that as a compliment: It supposedly takes place in New York in the present, but it's estranged from any period I recognize.
Could the thoughts of the estranged Royal Couple occasionally turn to an interesting series of collective nouns that apply to their circumstances?
Roseanne and her former bodyguard husband became estranged on New Year's Eve, when in an excessive spirit of revelry he threatened to drive his truck through their house.