become alien

Frequency: 7.09.3 per million words

To change and become unfamiliar or strange.

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Examples (10)

  • After living abroad for a decade, his own hometown had become alien to him.
  • The traditional customs are becoming alien to the younger generation.
  • As the disease progressed, his own reflection in the mirror began to become alien.
  • If we don't adapt, the new digital world will quickly become alien to us.
  • The city changed so much that its familiar streets had become completely alien.
  • He found that the political ideals he once cherished had become alien in the current climate.
  • Her old hobbies and interests started to become alien as she discovered new passions.
  • Without constant practice, the complex theories became alien to the student once more.
  • The language of my grandparents will become alien if our family stops speaking it.
  • Watching the company's culture become alien from its founding principles was disheartening.