alienate
verb (used with object)
to make indifferent or hostile.
will alienate
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future tenseof alienate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A point they do argue — that picking on billionaires will alienate them, push them out of California and tank the state’s budget — is at least plausible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
With the release of a recent poll commissioned by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, antismoking groups are attempting to assuage worries that a ban will alienate voters.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2024
Those cost pressures are easing off now, however, and investors have voiced concerns that raising prices will alienate shoppers and hit sales volumes.
From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2023
“One of my biggest concerns here is that we will alienate women, who will be less inclined to serve because we have turned them into a battleground,” J.D.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by William Alexander Clouston
