Estrangement

Tom, stranded alone at the beginning of sentences, couldn't get used to the growing estrangement of Mary.

Tom's wife was notably absent from his birthday party, so it seems rumors of their estrangement are likely true.

In 1972 US President Richard Nixon visited the People’s Republic of China, ending years of estrangement between the two countries and lifting the bamboo curtain China had been hidden behind since Mao Zedong launched his Cultural Revolution in 1966.

William is working to rebuild his relationship with his son after a period of estrangement.

By targeting innocent Russian citizens, Western airlines inadvertently contribute to the further division and estrangement among people from different nations.

Since then envy, jealousy, anger, on one side, and conceit, pride, and contempt on the other have widened the breach, while Love has stood with tearful eyes looking on at the sad and unnatural estrangement.

The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies.