Example Sentences

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While contemporary feminism might have been alienating to them, the various credos of Cosmo were not.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2016

It was a paradoxical response to an episode that, to a lesser man, might have been alienating and oppressive.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2011

He might have been alienating the shaman by such a sharp reply, but Travis thought he judged the temper of these people.

From The Defiant Agents by Norton, Andre

For about forty years prelates have been alienating Church lands illegally, and churches and monasteries, by the avarice of those placed in charge, are crumbling to decay. 

From John Knox and the Reformation by Lang, Andrew