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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alienated to" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct preposition would be "from" when discussing feelings of isolation or disconnection.
Example: "After the incident, he felt alienated from his friends and family."
Alternatives: "isolated from" or "distanced from".
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In the middle of the mosh was Van Beirendonck himself, looking like a cult leader for alienated youth, if only alienated youth weren't too alienated to be interested in fashion.
The art world is supposed to be alienated, to be on the periphery — and it's not.
Colin has a revolutionary consciousness, but he's a man without a party, a program, or even a text, and he's too alienated to be drawn into sensual happiness.
Inarticulately dissatisfied, they listlessly pursue one another by cell phone and text message, seemingly too alienated to get anything romantic going.
Labour will win if Ukip keeps hold of 5%-65%-6%ToryTory voters it has stolen: pollsters say those Ukippers seem too alienated to go back.
The French government, unable to restore order, alienated to English sovereignty nearly one-third of France including the provinces of Béarn, Gascony, Poitou, and Rouergue at the Treaty of Brétigny (1360).
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The cruise's avoidance of the Motor City seems odd to some, alienating to others.
The dialogue is alienating, to the point of discomfort, but funny.
The unsentimental, non-reverential Così fan Tutte (1991), also with the Concertgebouw, was equally challenging, even alienating to some.
"At the same time, it won't be alienating to baby boomers, and it will embrace Gen Yers".
This play, he says, engages in a kind of formal experimentation that can be hugely alienating to many people.
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