How to Use estrange in a Sentence

estrange

verb

• Both of his sons have since died and his wife, Ruth, is estranged.
  — Katie Benner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
• She's long been estranged from him, and plans to spend the weekend getting ready to sell the house.
  — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
• The truth is that they were estranged—but not until the early 1900s.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
• Kevin and Sara’s bond is keeping them glued to their phones, and estranging them from the world.
  — Hazlitt, 19 July 2023
• And there’s a reason for that: father and son are estranged.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
• The girl, who is estranged from her mother, has since been placed in a foster home.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
• Danvers and Rambeau, her estranged niece, aren’t on the best terms at the moment.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2023
• My father has been abusive to me my whole life, and I’ve been estranged from him for years.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Some may have moms who have died, or are estranged from their mothers.
  — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
• Kyle was estranged from his family, but has since claimed that is no longer the case.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 28 Sep. 2019
• None of it is my choice, but those estranged shall not be rewarded.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• In the 20 years since their breakup, though, they had been estranged and had not acted together again.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• Mary lost rights to her four children, who were estranged from their mother for decades.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
• Chris Webber has been estranged from the rest of his Michigan teammates for decades.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
• My husband has been estranged from this daughter for more than two years.
  — Carolyn Hax, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
• My husband has been estranged from this daughter for over two years.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2017
• But he has been estranged from the Knicks because of his criticism of Mr. Dolan and the team’s performance.
  — James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, 2 June 2017
• To see the truth and salvage her legacy, Bertie must let go of the pride that estranged her from her late college-dropout daughter.
  — Josie Howell | , al, 9 Apr. 2023
• By this time, Tori was estranged from Candy and had been determined to live on her own dime for years.
  — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
• My 90-year-old father and my younger brother are estranged.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• He was broke, divorced from his first wife, estranged from his second wife.
  — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2017
• She was never crowned, as she was estranged from her husband, King George IV.
  — Town & Country, 18 Feb. 2023
• Allen is long estranged from Mia Farrow and the Farrow siblings.
  — Author: Paul Farhi, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Oct. 2019
• The two former friends were estranged at the time of his death after a fight led to their separation.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence, 20 Nov. 2019
• And those who are estranged from the culture and looking to reconnect to find grounding in their lives.
  — Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2018
• The couple has been estranged since the mid-1990s, according to the newspaper.
  — NBC News, 30 Apr. 2018
• The world seems almost designed to estrange us from ourselves.
  — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• For the first time since their mother’s death, the three estranged King sisters return home for the holidays.
  — EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• She was estranged from her [Black] father, and grew up with siblings that look nothing like her.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 June 2024
• Ask her if her promise to change was genuine or, if not, what her reasons for being estranged from you are.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024