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How to use the word alienating in a Sentence?

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Republicans [ and ] Democrats agreed this is a threat, so we ca n’t ignore it just because of concerns about alienating some teenagers on this app.

Mike Gallagher

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Those who support this law today, all those who voted for this law today are violating the Constitution. All of them are alienating us from Europe, i said on day one that I would veto this law, and I will do that.

Salome Zourabichvili

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When only 9% of kids are interested in serving, we have got to make sure that we are careful about not alienating wide swaths of the American public to the Army.

Christine Wormuth

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With the alarming rise of Delta Air Lines variant covid cases companies face the tough decision of providing a safe workplace by using carrots and sticks to get employees to vaccinate or impose a vaccine mandate at the risk of alienating and possibly losing some employees, it seems more likely that a big stick will motivate employees more than small carrots will.

Joe Holt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s creepy, alienating and sends the wrong message to New Yorkers.

Bill Neidhardt

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

No one knows what the Trump effect will be in 2022 or 2024. Tom Cotton has promised to primary( Republicans who don't support Tom Cotton), so a great number of them don't want to risk that, tom Cotton has not made a statement about not running in 2024, so it limits what anyone can do now, for fear of alienating the Trump supporters.

Fred Zeidman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

( The Big Bang Theory) featured a fairly diverse cast of characters, including an immigrant and numerous female scientists, but rarely explicitly addressed social issues, which can be alienating to Reds.

Erica Lynn Rosenthal

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don't feel like we should be leveraging our customers for financial aid while they are also suffering from the effects of this pandemic, we will now have to explain to our customers why we are charging them more, and even risk alienating them.

Matt Diaz

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don't see most Democrats staying home or defecting because of Medicare for All as an issue, what I do see is Democrats being concerned that it is an alienating issue for independents and 'sometimes Trumpers.'.

Joel Payne

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Instead of reading Erdogan the riot act in a last-ditch effort to warn him off the S-400 deal, The President accepted hook, line and sinker Erdogan's ridiculous claim that it was all President Obama's fault, and that Turkey was somehow justified in alienating NATO and cozying up to( Russian President Vladimir) Putin.

John Hannah

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think that for some people it's quite alienating to encounter other K-pop( groups)... that they know are a product of this very rigorous training system that( they believe) makes them a bit less authentic, bTS are quite different because their whole concept from their inception was that they were going to be honest purveyors of the experience of youth.

Michelle Cho

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are told that Ambassador Khalilzad is a great diplomat, well, Im not sure I buy that because he is ostracizing and alienating a very trusted ally and partner.

Hamdullah Mohib

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Jennette Gayer and her family didn't love the name from day one, i don't think you realize how important your street name is until you have a street name that is alienating.

Jennette Gayer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Rather than creating a common front to address widely held concerns about China's trading and economic practices, Trump has succeeded in alienating key U.S. allies and undercutting broader external pressure on China.

Eswar Prasad

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

(Trump) risks alienating the very powerful base that elected him if he doesn’t act soon. We’ve given Republicans all of the branches of government, and we don’t want to see them support DACA by any means. Orange County Register, Jan. 27, 2017

William Gheen

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Obviously, not everyone who shops at Urban Outfitters is a committed leftist. Simply by offering a few pro-Trump items, even if they’re outnumbered by anti-Trump items ten-to-one, would shield Urban Outfitters from criticism and potential boycotts, political campaigns come and go, but alienating large portions of the public can haunt you for decades.

Scott Pinsker

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Like most people, I thought I knew and I really didn't and I learned a lot from reading the script, I learned a lot from making the film and I learned a lot from watching the film, i think Adam McKay is a ... really great talent for taking this information that feels alienating and somehow make it very inclusive and accessible and entertaining.

Ryan Gosling

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is extremely important to weigh our words carefully and to be sure that when we're talking about violent extremism and criminal behavior, that we do so without alienating, marginalizing and casting this pall of suspicion over the more than 1 million Canadian Muslims.

Amira Elghawaby

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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