feel estranged

Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words

Describes the personal sensation of being emotionally distant or not belonging.

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Examples (10)

  • He felt deeply estranged from the society he lived in.
  • After moving to the new city, she began to feel estranged from her old friends.
  • It's common to feel estranged from your family when you live far away.
  • Many veterans feel estranged from civilian life after returning from service.
  • If you don't participate, you might start to feel estranged from the group.
  • Feeling estranged from his colleagues, he decided to look for a new job.
  • Do you ever feel estranged from your own culture when traveling abroad?
  • He started to feel estranged from his own past, as if it belonged to someone else.
  • Lately, I have felt increasingly estranged from the political discourse in my country.
  • Sometimes, I feel completely estranged at large social gatherings.