be alien

Examples (10)

• The concept of a nine-to-five job is completely alien to a freelance artist.
• After years in the countryside, the noise of the city was alien to him.
• Her political views have been alien to her family's traditional beliefs.
• For the next generation, a world without instant communication will be alien.
• Such a competitive environment might be alien to someone who values collaboration.
• The idea of living without privacy is totally alien to most people in this culture.
• His calm reaction to the crisis was alien to his usual anxious nature.
• The customs of this remote tribe were alien to the visiting anthropologists.
• The notion of cruelty for its own sake should be alien to any civilized person.
• At first, the language was alien to my ears, but I slowly began to understand it.