feel estranged
Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words
Describes the personal sensation of being emotionally distant or not belonging.
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- 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.