Sentence examples for alienate from inspiring English sources

One of the main themes of the conference was that the only way forward for the left is to move beyond tribal politics, which does so much to alienate voters, and instead embrace a more open form of politics where progressive forces from all parties work together.

Indeed, Labour considered adopting it when in power, but dropped it early in 2009 after siding with those in Whitehall who argued plans to widen the definition were "incendiary" and could alienate Muslims, whose support in the counterterrorism effort is crucial.

Change was driven from the Republic, but the leadership was careful not to alienate the more conservative membership in Northern Ireland.

Few Liberal Democrats would have campaigned on a policy that threatened to alienate every church and disrupt a third of the schools in the country.

"Instead they have managed to alienate even natural allies by adopting a hostile negotiating strategy and holier-than-thou approach.

Theoretically, he has enough votes to push a bill through, but he is coming up for re-election as Speaker and will not want to alienate conservative Republicans.

I tried to get on with people, but seemed mostly to alienate them.

Although eurozone leaders are playing down the Kremlin visit, the talks are bound to further alienate foreign lenders propping up the moribund Greek economy.

The party's strategists in Washington had hoped for a McDaniel win, believing his nomination would alienate moderate voters and could bring Mississippi, usually a reliably Republican state, into play in the November midterm election.

But some observers believe President Bush's newly galvanised intolerance to terrorists, coupled with last month's arrest of three IRA suspects in Colombia, will alienate public opionion from Sinn Fein and increase pressure on republicans to decommission arms.

Everything that Varoufakis has done has been calculated to alienate".