Sentence examples for estranged like from inspiring English sources

A classic doghouse hangs upside down from the ceiling, newly estranged like some kind of inverted tabernacle (God Kennel is its title).

The Eldridges aren't greedy, like the Gordon siblings in "Dividing the Estate"; they're not vicious, like the Weston clan in "August: Osage County"; they're not estranged, like the Franz brothers in "The Price".

This group could become permanently estranged, like African-Americans, from the GOP.

They include accepting more inspections of its nuclear facilities and opening up to formerly estranged neighbors like Egypt.

At one end are estranged allies like France and Germany, angered by the war, convinced it is a losing struggle, alarmed by America's use of overwhelming power.

These promises -- with their refusal to reject entirely the Bush doctrine of pre-emption, their embrace of war and a strengthened military, and their open-ended commitment to Iraq -- will scarcely delight estranged allies like France and Germany or the antiwar wing of Mr. Kerry's party.

No one will live or die by what country gets an Olympics or World Cup, but the gesture towards estranged countries like Russia or Qatar is larger than the game itself.

The fight over federal money has ports feuding like estranged brothers.

The E.P.A. and OSHA in particular have a history of behaving like estranged relatives.

The two lie rigid beneath a painting of a weeping Virgin Mary, like estranged lovers or corpses at a wake.

Kino is a binational partnership of religious organisations and much of its humanitarian work is done quietly, arranged from an anonymous office on the Arizona side that is barely a minute's walk from the fences and crossings that rudely slice through the conurbation and make the downtowns seem like estranged twins.