alienate
verb (used with object)
to make indifferent or hostile.
had alienated
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past perfectof alienate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Years of infighting and "backstabbing" had alienated many in those sections of the electorate, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
Lagarde inherited a divided Governing Council from Draghi, who had alienated so called hawks in the euro zone's north with his ultra-easy monetary policy and abrasive management style.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2023
Indeed, especially given that the new Twitter had alienated so many advertisers.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2023
In the 2019 documentary “David Crosby: Remember My Name,” the musician said he had alienated most of the musicians with whom he had been close.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Burr had alienated Jefferson and the triumphant Republican party by his disloyalty as a vice president and had lost by a landslide in his bid to become a Federalist governor of New York.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
