estrangements

plural of estrangement

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of estrangements The celebrity chef’s raw and darkly humorous memoir explores her family’s demise and reconstruction — through divorce, estrangements, a brother’s sudden death and another’s suicide. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Co-written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, the film blends sharp humor with aching self-reflection as the pair navigates a whirlwind of public tributes, old grudges and family estrangements, forcing both men to confront the choices, compromises and identities that have defined their lives. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estrangements
Noun
  • This time, though, the schisms between the CDC and the states and professional societies go far beyond the timing of an additional dose of vaccine.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Leicester were extremely dysfunctional in that 2022-23 campaign, with schisms in their midfield that were exploited by opponents.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Formation-flying demonstrations, such as two-craft systems that block light like a mini-eclipse, show the principle but not at the separations and wavelengths needed for nearby Earth analogs.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This can make separations less stressful for both the dog and the temporary caregivers.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Later level and Ankou rifts (secret battle stages) require adept knowledge of the game’s overlapping combat systems.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Establishing ground rules ahead of time can hopefully help avoid hurt feelings, which can grow into deeper rifts over time and have negative effects on children and potentially rob them of a fruitful relationship with their grandparents.
    Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The war ended with a lopsided Israeli victory, and with Iran scrambling to find more ways to punish and deter Israel if hostilities resumed.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • How did the two very different groups of men, their relations instantly tense from decades of hostilities and colonialist trauma, manage to work together toward a common goal?
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Estrangements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estrangements. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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