Sentence examples for as estranged from inspiring English sources

When we look closely, the two are as estranged as Jimmy and Elena McNulty and, instead, the "do more with less" theme is informed by a series of missed important news stories and financial cutbacks; how does this speak to the serial killer plot?

It was as if the month of December felt as estranged from itself as we did.

And he came to realize that he was as estranged from the academy as he was from commercial radio.

Last spring, Tina Fey produced "The Sackett Sisters," a sitcom in which Philipps and Casey Wilson starred as estranged sisters.

He never stopped playing or recording, but his bond with the nightclub ecosystem could reasonably be described as estranged.

SOUL MEN Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac star as estranged soul-music singers who reunite at a performance at the Apollo Theatre.

A lesser (or maybe younger) poet would struggle to maintain the poem's edge, but Simpson holds his dry, balanced tone -- and his dry, balancing images -- with the ease of a writer who understands that irony can be redemptive as well as estranging.

Rooney's will disinherited the actor's eight surviving children, as well as his estranged wife.

Playful, multidimensional performances from all - including Bill Champion as Jerome, Jacqueline King as his estranged wife, Jessie Hart as their daughter, Laura Matthews as a potential escort and Russell Dixon's creepy child welfare officer - lighten dark themes with laughter.

Inseparable as children, estranged as adults, the sisters are on a collision course -- and, rest assured, there's a man in the middle.

And if Mr. West's performance is especially affecting, it's partly because of the contrast of the excellent supporting cast, which includes Amanda Drew as his estranged wife, Martin Hutson as his gay roommate, Paul McGann as the roommate's new boyfriend and Penny Downie as a spinsterish academic of risible but genuine earnestness.