Alienating

This left Octavian with two choices: alienating many Roman citizens by confiscating their land, or alienating many Roman soldiers who might back a military rebellion against the Triumvirate's rule.

Alienating advertisers even further right now seems suicidal, an extraordinary act of self-sabotage.

And Berlin’s experimental approach to ushering out the age of the automobile isn’t only alienating petrolheads.

An initiative taken with a desire for reconciliation risks alienating vulnerable people even more.

As the 2024 field takes shape, candidates and potential contenders are struggling with how to make the case that the party needs to move on from Trump without alienating his influential “Make America Great Again” loyalists.

At a time when many are questioning the licence fee, alienating allies will only cause further reputational damage.

Barely a month into the campaign, Manager Massimiliano Allegri was having to smooth over the impact of in which he had suggested “something was missing” from his side, alienating several of his players.

Brands often default to generic, catch-all messaging out of fear of alienating straight people, or not pleasing every LGBTQ+ person.

But some political analysts have said the UCP’s rightward shift risks alienating more moderate voters.

For those on the right, the experience is alienating.

He had proposed when Powell, who died in 2015, told him she was pregnant, although the Beatles manager asked them to keep the wedding a secret to avoid alienating fans.

It slips from steamy to disconcerting to alienating in a way that, though not uncommon in lived experience, has become less familiar on the screen.

Life in Georgia was alienating, Fernández said.

Parties are in the business of winning friends and convincing voters, not alienating vast sections of society.

Political analysts advise against alienating members of the media.

The decision to approve Willow risks alienating young voters who have urged stronger climate action by the White House and flooded social media with demands to stop the Willow project.

The one-season show uses humor to tackle hard-hitting subjects like divorce, identity, and even drug use, and it does so without alienating its young viewers.

The primary objections to the $10 million work were its faceless, alienating quality and to be an appearance rife with innuendo.

There is also the risk of alienating the manufacturers.

The unnamed narrator of Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” retreats, after an alienating odyssey through the South and Harlem, to live in a secret cellar.