Explore Estrangement through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like alienation or isolation. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Estrangement meaning
- The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
- The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
Synonyms of Estrangement
Using Estrangement
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation. | The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
- Useful related words include: alienation, isolation, disaffection, dislike.
- In the example corpus, estrangement often appears in combinations such as: estrangement from, of estrangement, estrangement and.
Context around Estrangement
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Estrangement
- In this selection, "estrangement" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, family, long, increases, stephen, following and support stand out and add context to how "estrangement" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a long estrangement and a prolonged estrangement from his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "estrangement" sits close to words such as abington, abled and adorno, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with estrangement
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This caused estrangement with their daughter. (6 words)
After decades of estrangement, Stephen confronts his father. (8 words)
Gibbs begins a prolonged estrangement from his father. (8 words)
Ana's family has said the couple's estrangement had been heated and that she feared him as she fought her husband's contention he deserved a majority of their assets. (31 words)
In Britain, research by the charity Stand Alone suggests around one in five families are affected by estrangement – which is defined as a relationship in which communication has stopped. (29 words)
Morcos empathized with her clients at the nursing home and shared a similar sense of estrangement and disillusionment in humanity when her friends acted that way towards her. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
After decades of estrangement, Stephen confronts his father.
Despite his estrangement from Trump — and a suburban dad image — he can’t easily sidestep his affiliation with Trump’s slash-and-burn politics.
Friday’s appearance was the first time he and Pence have addressed the same campaign event on the same day since their estrangement following the Jan.
It disturbs social harmony and increases estrangement among Hindus towards Muslims.
Talk with others in your position about your situation and learn how to cope at this family estrangement support group.
This caused estrangement with their daughter.
When he was drunk, Daniel used to beat Nathan, which accounts for their estrangement.
After years of estrangement, mother and son found their way back to each other in 2021.
America’s impending estrangement from the scientific community will not be limited to the issue of climate change.
Ana's family has said the couple's estrangement had been heated and that she feared him as she fought her husband's contention he deserved a majority of their assets.
At the beginning of the series, Wynonna also reunites with her sister, Waverly (Dom Provost-Chalkley), and the two repair their strained relationship after a long estrangement.
Decades of family estrangement as I was an embarrassment.
Gibbs begins a prolonged estrangement from his father.
In Britain, research by the charity Stand Alone suggests around one in five families are affected by estrangement – which is defined as a relationship in which communication has stopped.
Still, according to therapists specialising in family estrangement, there are ways for moms without moms to survive and even thrive.
The quiet, passive avoidance of father and son turned into a decades-long estrangement.
This estrangement has not only affected Kody's with Leon but has also strained his connection with Meri.
Clinicians need to be better trained to identify when there is parental alienation, estrangement or both behaviors occurring.
I admired him for taking this trouble, as though atoning for their divorce and long estrangement.
Morcos empathized with her clients at the nursing home and shared a similar sense of estrangement and disillusionment in humanity when her friends acted that way towards her.
Common combinations with estrangement
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: