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Six example sentences with alienate, each labelled with its topic.
One clumsy remark about farmers alienated the very villages the candidate had spent three years quietly winning over.
Politics
The redesign alienated thousands of loyal users who had defended the app for years and now recommend a rival.
Technology
The narrator's habit of correcting everyone alienates his oldest friend by chapter four and his sister soon after.
Literature
The band's synth-heavy third album alienated the folk audience that had followed them from tiny clubs for years.
Music
The pivot alienated the early users who had championed the product on forums, and the churn showed it within a month.
Startups
The trade alienated fans who had cheered the departing captain for a decade, and season tickets went unsold.
Basketball
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