How To Use Estranged In A Sentence

We had many family quarrels about it, and they began in time to grow up to a dangerous height; for as I was quite estranged form my husband (as he was called) in affection, so I took no heed to my words, but sometimes gave him language that was provoking; and, in short, strove all I could to bring him to a parting with me, which was what above all things in the world I desired most. Moll Flanders
That means Schwarzenegger's earnings from a career as a Hollywood megastar, which allowed him to forgo a salary as governor and commute by private jet to Sacramento, likely will be evenly divided with his estranged wife. Maria Shriver files to divorce Arnold Schwarzenegger
The 63-year-old had not seen her estranged son for years until he turned up out of the blue on her doorstep. The Sun
If there is a perception that the elite end of the game has sometimes become estranged from the volunteers that drive the grassroots, Steele has vowed to bring them back together, using the prize of a home World Cup as the driving force. 2015 will offer us an opportunity in three areas. England can win 2015 World Cup, says RFU chief executive John Steele
He has consistently denied murdering his estranged wife.

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Jamie Blandford broke his silence after two jail terms and an estranged marriage, to appear on breakfast television.
As a result of a title claim brought by Dennis Hopper's estranged wife, Christie's must withdraw 32 items from the sale until such time as the title claim is resolved," said a spokeswoman for the auction house last night. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
It could not do other to a man estranged from a normal life who could only live on the idolization of his fans. Michael Jackson: Shooting Star « Colleen Anderson
Macedonians, [352] 278; apparent discrepance of the two Epistles explained, [353] 288; the second, gentler, [354] 295; loved by Paul more than other churches, [355] 296; estranged from the incestuous person, NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
Variety reports that the estranged pair are now living together for a new show called 'Lost and Found' -- a "docusoap" about to be pitched to networks. Inside TV Blog
His estranged wife claims he has hidden the assets offshore to avoid paying a large divorce settlement. Times, Sunday Times
Paris -- Nohant being left under the stewardship of Deschartres -- and by her unconciliatory behavior further alienating the other side of the family from whom Aurore, through no fault of her own, was virtually estranged at the moment when she stood most in need of a friend. Famous Women: George Sand
If your father sees this happening, I predict that he will feel less estranged from you and the rest of the family. Times, Sunday Times
What I think we have here, at the heart of slipstream, is a folding through of the strange and the mundane, a radical interpenetration (far more radical than that of intrusion fantasy), one that leads to the deep instability and uncertainty of an infused realm, offered as an estranged postmodern view of the world -- infusion as confusion. Archive 2008-08-01
Police said Tuesday that the people fatally shot on Christmas Day by a man dressed as Santa Claus included his estranged wife, their two teenage children and three other family members in what they described as a planned assault that ended when the assailant killed himself. Wife and Children Among Victims of Shooter in Santa Suit, Police Say
Meanwhile, Madonna's estranged brother Chistopher Ciccone - who recently wrote a tell-all memoir entitled 'Life With My Sister Madonna' in which he branded Guy a "homophobe" - has expressed his upset at news of her divorce. Iac entertainment news
She felt estranged from her former existence.
His behavior estranged him from his brother.
Therefore that which I would exhort you to, is to acquaint yourselves with Jesus Christ, and you shall find a new way opened in him, by which you may boldly come to God, and having come to God in him, you are called to walk with him to entertain that acquaintance that is made, till all the distance and estrangedness of your hearts be worn out. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
The 63-year-old had not seen her estranged son for years until he turned up out of the blue on her doorstep. The Sun
Set on Thanksgiving, an artsy New York ragamuffin type tries to get dinner together for her estranged suburban family.
His estranged wife claims he has hidden the assets offshore to avoid paying a large divorce settlement. Times, Sunday Times
Joanna, 30, spent most of her twenties virtually estranged from her father.
Miller acknowledges that fans of the first record might still feel estranged from the band and understand why fans of the genre can be so touchy.
Along with Nico's story, we also dive into the lives of Faye (an estranged friend for Nico's) and her own strange investigation into the revivor incidents, Zoe (a drunk recluse with a unique ability) and her reluctant recruitment by Nico, and Cal (a Tier 3 pitfighter) with her dangerous association with a rich stranger on the run. Rabid Reads: "State of Decay" by James Knapp
The Freytag Pyramid In Freytag-ese, Die Hard unfolds thusly: NYC cop John McClane arrives in LA to reunite with his estranged wife, Holly (exposition), but terrorists raid her office tower, taking everyone hostage except McClane (inciting incident), who escapes unseen and starts picking off the goons (rising action). Scott Brown on Why Hollywood Needs a New Model for Storytelling
October 8th, 2009 LONDON - Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood slammed his estranged wife Jo over her act in British television show "Strictly Come Dancing" saying she has been "cheapening" herself to win popularity. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
She was estranged from her father for a long time and she says it's all about forgiveness. The Sun
The acetate record, a type made directly from a master tape, was cut in 1974 during Lennon's infamous ‘lost weekend’, when he was estranged from Yoko Ono.
They became estranged from their spouses and their families because the anger and the bitterness precluded their relationships. Christianity Today
He is estranged from his eldest son and daughter. Times, Sunday Times
They proposed opening trade routes, which of course would lead to closer relations between the estranged societies.
Oddly, she titled the works with the names of estranged friends.
But that frustration made it easier to play Dwight, who Leary's Tommy Gavin discovers is dating his estranged wife, Janet (Andrea Roth). Denis Leary revives 'Rescue Me' with friend Michael J. Fox
She tattled on her estranged husband.
His estranged guitarist, songwriting partner and soulmate since childhood, had succumbed to cocaine, aloof behaviour and rampant egomania.
But what I could not accept, when all was said and done, was that he had ever been wholly estranged from his faith. ULTIMATE PRIZES
His estranged wife was recently killed in a car crash, leaving him numb and vulnerable.
Though perhaps his estranged first wife - who dobbed him in for the buried treasure - could assist the Post in clearing the matter up? London: Brocket, Boris, Fast Cars and Loose Women
It took a dedicated observer to notice what was going on, but these clouds were estranged now.
He is estranged from his eldest son and daughter. Times, Sunday Times
His estranged wife claims he has hidden the assets offshore to avoid paying a large divorce settlement. Times, Sunday Times
Formerly close friends, they had been estranged from each other for many years.
Mr. Campbell says his ordeal with the ministry was not triggered by a malcontent offspring, but by the estranged mother of his eight children, who range in age from one to 13.
Prosecutors say she told them that while she was on patrol enforcing a ban on campfires, she went to a campfire site, burned a letter from her estranged husband and lost control of the fire.
He is estranged from his eldest son and daughter. Times, Sunday Times
The movie is a twisted satire on the feel-good genre in which an estranged family member returns to the fold and redeems himself.
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
It's sad to see someone estranged from their parents.
The ancient Maya were imagined as a prehistoric, mysterious, ritualistic cult, ineluctably estranged from European historical and philosophical systems.
They became estranged from their spouses and their families because the anger and the bitterness precluded their relationships. Christianity Today
Was he nervous that his estranged son might not want to see him? Times, Sunday Times
He sets up scenes of surreal brilliance, like the estranged husband practising tennis shots in an empty swimming pool, while his wife entertains her masseur in the bedroom.
estrangedness, or listening to light, blasé commentary of wanna-be poets one-upping one another – reaching for the same blissful state of acceptance. Archive 2008-04-01
But then, according to his soon-to-be-ex-wife's memoirs, he called his estranged wife and asked about his news-conference performance, "How did I do? 'Loopy' takes Japan by storm
There's Nana Gert who smokes while wolfing down mushrooms on toast (a hoot of a cameo by veteran comic Jayne Eastwood), little cousin Dougie, whose violent propensities focus on the male genitals, cousin Lane, sprung from "juvie" for the holidays and Uncle Tim, (Peter Keleghan at his supercilious best) estranged from his brother, Gord, for good reason after cuckolding him on his wedding night 17 years earlier. Thestar.com - Home Page
LONDON - Ronnie Wood has reportedly been sending estranged wife Jo nasty text messages, accusing her of 'cheapening' herself with a dance show. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
They became estranged from their spouses and their families because the anger and the bitterness precluded their relationships. Christianity Today
He was, therefore, out of Parliament and out of office; estranged from multitudes of old friends; his name besmirched by some of the most damaging accusations that can be brought against a man's heart and honor. The Testing of Diana Mallory
His last words to his estranged son had a prophetic ring: ‘May the Lord spare me until I have taken vengeance upon you.’
Programmes will look at how they became estranged and follow the process of tracing the family through to the emotional reunion. The Sun
Determined to escape this grim prospect, she jumps a bus to Sydney in the hope of rejoining her estranged father.
Was he nervous that his estranged son might not want to see him? Times, Sunday Times
He writes long letters to his estranged wife and keeps a diary.
Most applications for access come from estranged fathers.
Now his estranged son has filmed a portrait of the great architect, his buildings and his haunted life.
I am now reconciled with two of my estranged siblings - not just my older brother, but my sister, whom I hadn't spoken to for 17 years.
She had to listen helplessly for an hour as her sons were gassed in the back of a car by her estranged husband.
Hoping to rescue a merger that might hide his financial sins (and hide from reporters), Gregor Antonescu (Langella) retreats to the dingy basement apartment of his estranged son Basil (Adam Driver). Michael Giltz: Theater: Frank Langella Mans Up For Revival "Man And Boy"
Sometimes the injured partner in a divorce uses the in-laws to get at the estranged spouse. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
Joan has been estranged from Christopher for more then 20 years, despite repeated efforts at a reconciliation.
It was he, too, who laid before Lady Southdown the great advantages which might occur from an intimacy between her family and Miss Crawley, advantages both worldly and spiritual, he said: for Miss Crawley was now quite alone; the monstrous dissipation and alliance of his brother Rawdon had estranged her affections from that reprobate young man; the greedy tyranny and avarice of Mrs. Bute Crawley had caused the old lady to revolt against the exorbitant pretensions of that part of the family; and though he himself had held off all his life from cultivating Miss Crawleys friendship, with perhaps an improper pride, he thought now that every becoming means should be taken, both to save her soul from perdition, and to secure her fortune to himself as the head of the house of Crawley. XXXIII. In Which Miss Crawley’s Relations Are Very Anxious about Her
Many men are reconciled with estranged family members; all can talk about whatever suffering, neglect, or poverty landed them in prison.
His behavior estranged him from his brother.
The estranged father took one look at his offspring and was besotted, and now he and the mother are back together. Times, Sunday Times
Such unorthodox tactics incur the anger of Billy's traditionalist colleagues, most notably Philip Seymour Hoffman's head coach – a performance of mostly unleavened grumpiness, this, just as Robin Wright as Billy's estranged wife is simply supportive, and Kerris Dorsey as his 12-year-old daughter purely precocious. Moneyball – review
There Thingol Greycloak of Doriath was their king, and in the long twilight their tongue had changed with the changefulness of mortal lands and had become far estranged from the speech of the Eldar from beyond the Sea. The Lord of the Rings
Sometimes the injured partner in a divorce uses the in-laws to get at the estranged spouse. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
Her claim that she started the fire while burning a letter from her estranged husband has sparked suspicion among prosecutors.
But it can, in the avenging form of his estranged wife. The Sun
The duo play a bitterly estranged double act of stage magicians grudgingly reunited for a comeback. Times, Sunday Times
In New Testament theology the term invariably implies that the estranged beings are God and man, and it is appropriated to The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
Mr. Freeh has long been estranged from the former president, and he took another swipe at members of the last Democratic administration today. Panel to Vote on Holder Next Wednesday - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Teenage pregnancies, husbands with DUIs, a sister with nine kids and an estranged husband, fightin 'feuds with female rivals ... does the term trailer trash come to mind? Reuters Lets Anonymous McCain Aide Tie Obama To Pregnancy Rumors
She is attempting to contact her estranged husband to break the news.
She is estranged from baby-daddy Levi Johnston (who she is suing for child support), but continues to be a vocal advocate for teen abstinence. Bristol Palin's Acting Debut: Sarah Palin's Daughter Plays Self On 'Secret Life of the American Teenager'
The movie then jumps seven years, during which time Gordon has written a bestseller called Is Greed Good?, and his estranged daughter, Winnie Gekko (the gamine Carey Mulligan), has rejected greed in favour of green to join an online charitable organisation devoted to exposing environmental despoilers. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – review
In a secret corner of his soul, Jan still pines a little for "Elissa" aka The White Stone despite knowing for sure that at Alessandra's behest and to make him Hirzig after all, the assassin killed his beloved uncle Finn who served as both "older brother and father" figure instead of the drunkard and later rebel nobleman that was Allesandra's estranged husband. Archive 2010-04-01
The argument estranged him from his brother.
Her posthumous book of poetry was edited and published by her estranged husband, Ted Hughes and her novel, The Bell Jar, became a bestseller and a film in the 1980s.
Berra was estranged from the club for nearly 14 years after Steinbrenner fired him as manager early in the 1985 season. Yogi, Whitey, Reggie ... Who's the 'greatest living Yankee'?
So estranged are the Vatican and its chauvinists from the kind of holy integrity this priest epitomizes, they don't know what to make of him. Michele Somerville: Roy Bourgeois Detained At The Vatican For The Crime Of Primacy Of Conscience
An estranged family member has now been charged with the slayings.
The impeachment was spawned by an accusation by his estranged drinking and gambling buddy.
Also there are many on the right who do not feel entirely dissimilar to the way progressives are feeling about the state of our nation and they also feel estranged from the party on the right. Think Progress » Health insurers spent $38 million lobbying Congress in 2009.
Was he nervous that his estranged son might not want to see him? Times, Sunday Times
The shocking story of an accomplished heiress who was tricked into marrying an Irish scoundrel by a fake duel, her wretched married life, her audacious escape and landmark legal battles, andmost staggering of allher abduction by her estranged husband from a busy London street, seemed like the stuff of fiction. Wendy Moore explains how she came to write Wedlock, the true story of the disastrous marriage and remarkable divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
His estranged wife, Martha, dabbed at her eyes with a tissue and later hugged jurors in the hallway.
Man by creation had all the faculties of his soul at liberty to study God his creator, and his glorious attributes and being; but man by sin, hath so bound up his own senses and reason; and hath given way for blindness and ignorance of God, so to reign in his soul; that now he is captivated and held bound in alienation and estrangedness both from God, and all things truly spiritually good; "Because," saith he, "that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, -- but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
His heartless adoptive mother ended up estranged from her family. The Times Literary Supplement
Thalia is now twenty-nine, an actress, hopeful, estranged from her newly widowed crackpot mother - Denise, Henrys ex. The Family Man by Elinor Lipman: Book summary
Democrats - estranged from and ashamed of their progressive flank - wear themselves out to retain gains gruelingly won through nearly a century of grassroots action.
The title ultimately referred to Hurley literally writing the script to Empire Strikes Back in a Dharma composition book, as well as the overarching theme of Miles (Luke Skywalker) coming to grips with his estranged father Pierre Best Week Ever
It's now up to a divorce court judge to decide how much alimony the state's gay ex-governor Jim McGreevey owes his estranged wife Dina Matos.
Emery was estranged from his fourth wife and a remarkable and acrimonious dispute blew up between the two women.
The necessity for traveling on business has estranged her from her family.
Holmes plays sulky New Yorker April Burns, who, while her estranged family spend the day driving to visit her, frantically attempts to cook up a conciliatory Thanksgiving dinner for them all.
She was estranged from her father for a long time and she says it's all about forgiveness. The Sun
The argument estranged him from his brother.
This gives the estranged father and son the opportunity to reconnect. The Sun
It is the return to something that is familiar and old-established in the mind and which has become estranged from it through repression.
In a series of Tweets, Michael -- who turns 50 on Sunday -- told his troubled daughter that estranged ex-wife Dina had to "put the 'garble' aside and get on the same page" and join them all in therapy. RadarOnline RSS
She is attempting to contact her estranged husband to break the news.
It revealed his identity as the estranged son of a wealthy senator, whom he had served for the past seventeen years.
Osborne Hamley is bitterly estranged from his father, but when Osborne dies and the secret of his marriage is revealed, Squire Hamley, repenting his harshness, adopts Osborne's baby son.
In order to marry football hero Tom Harper, Kate endures being disinherited and estranged from her family.
Estranged from orthodox psychiatry, which “promotes adjustment to the environment, or, as I call it without prejudice, bestialism,” he has invented the lapsometer, a device that measures how far a man’s self has falled from itself. Five Books of doctors
Many have speculated that Armstrong's suicide may have had something to do with his rocky financial situation, recent divorce filing or negative representation on his estranged wife's "Housewives" reality show, but insights into Schram's suicide are a bit murkier. Russell Armstrong's Business Associate Alan Schram Found Dead Day After "Housewives" Husband's Suicide
Strange, then, that Spielberg's grown-up Peter must recover his original, youthful estranged family.
An estranged husband was so fixated with his wife that he embarked on a two-year stalking campaign during which he followed her with a camcorder.
Arran became increasingly estranged from the mainstream of Hollywood.
The result is a new point of reference for the two estranged siblings of the subcontinent to tell stories about each other.
He is impotent and unable to satisfy his estranged wife.
In one of the adroitly deployed subplots, he disinters a family secret that reconciles an estranged mother and daughter. Tonight's TV highlights
Living with them is Nelson, Rabbit's son, at 42 a recovering coke addict and careworker recently estranged from his wife, Pru.
He also packed a mean punch, according to his estranged wife Sheila.
But there are times when the author is trying too hard to capitalize that "L", like in the scene where he himself shows up as a character; or the scene in which a single sentence runs for a page and a half, listing the multitude of sounds emitted from a bizarre piece of performance art involving Harold's estranged sister, Astrid. REVIEW: The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer
I understood the true meaning of ‘laughing stock’, a mild term that euphemizes estranged friends and insensitive strangers.
However, his non-Punjabi audience may not feel estranged as he writes with ease and facility.
Danton called the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from jail Friday night and read a statement that focused on his relationship with his estranged parents, outlining allegations of "constant physical and emotional abuse" and saying he was raised in squalid conditions. USATODAY.com - Danton issues statement denouncing family
It's about two estranged college band members (one of whom is supposedly dead) dealing with the rigours of their torpid adult existence.
She is attempting to contact her estranged husband to break the news.
Mill became estranged from his family after the marriage.
The father in ‘Powder,’ for all his fervent desire to patch things up with his estranged wife and bring the family together, flounders on two counts.
Ones that burn like acid and ones that heal and nurture like a mother's embrace -- ones that are also mostly estranged from the high school literary canon. Brock Cohen: A Promise to the Students of an Uncool Teacher
Men living estranged from God easily cast aside God's morals and principles, exchanging them for a blind belief in rationalistic expediency. The Spirit of '67
He became estranged from his family after the argument.
It appears it was some hours after he had drugged the children that he wrote a suicide email to his estranged wife and then took his own life.
Upon his arrest in October, Rick Wayne Phillips - the estranged husband of Michelle Chantelois - was told he faced a maximum three-year jail term if convicted of aggravatedly assaulting Mr Rann. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
There are some thoughts of estrangedness and distance of the father, as if the Son did really reconcile and gain him to love us, who before hated us and upon this mistake, the soul is filled with continual jealousies and suspicions of the love of God. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
Arran became increasingly estranged from the mainstream of Hollywood.
He is estranged from his eldest son and daughter. Times, Sunday Times
Assuming the cyst is a warning sign that he will soon meet his maker, he is determined to do two things before he dies; he needs to regain what he believes he let slide; his ties to his wife and his estranged grandson Daniel, an Alaskan fisherman running away from home since his parents died years ago. Church of the Dog-Kaya McLaren « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
years of boarding school estranged the child from her home
The 63-year-old had not seen her estranged son for years until he turned up out of the blue on her doorstep. The Sun
She is attempting to contact her estranged husband to break the news.
PORTSMOUTH Police in Portsmouth are investigating a homicide in which a man left a note directing police to his estranged wife's body and later turned himself in to police in The Shad Plank
Parked in his car outside his estranged wife's home, Keith would wile away the hours hoping to catch a glimpse of his ‘two little smashers’.
The 19-year-old singer had been estranged from her father since she was a child and was raised by her mother, Raquel. Father of Glee's Charice Killed in the Philippines
It revealed his identity as the estranged son of a wealthy senator, whom he had served for the past seventeen years.
As a result of this decision, he was to be lastingly estranged from his God-fearing mother, who regarded everything to do with the stage as sinful.
This gives the estranged father and son the opportunity to reconnect. The Sun
She was estranged from her father for a long time and she says it's all about forgiveness. The Sun
The remainder focuses on Jack's efforts to trek cross-country through the blizzards to save his estranged son Sam, who's trapped in ice-bound Manhattan.
We can only imagine what their estranged and notoriously spiky band leader thinks of it.
Joanna, 30, spent most of her twenties virtually estranged from her father.
David is heedful upon tract details, as well as will only hint which Larry attempts to get [his estranged wife] Cheryl back, as well as a Seinfeld reunion total prominently in that. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 7 [US HBO] - AVForums.com
Self-expression is validated as a genuine and authentic act, and is often favourably contrasted to what is perceived as the estranged artificial world of politics.
Someone decided the show must go on, so Bravo's exhibitionistic and tragedy-scarred Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 9/8c will commence, with a fresh interview of several of the cast members introducing the new season and reflecting the suicide of one of the wives' estranged husband. Matt's Guide to Weekend TV Sept. 2-5
In this volume, we accompany Snow White and her estranged sister Rose Red in a road trip to The Farm, where they discover that something very fishy is going on. Archive 2007-05-01
This gives the estranged father and son the opportunity to reconnect. The Sun
The locals become viciously riled when the man and his estranged sister initiate a quasi-physical relationship.
He has consistently denied murdering his estranged wife.
A pregnant mother was spared a prison sentence after she was bullied into drug offences by her estranged partner.
They are now estranged from society by living on the margins.
Her estranged grandmother insists on lovingly transforming her from gawky teen into beautiful royalty.
She felt estranged from her former existence.
The entire family is upset about this, about the loss of him and his victims and victims' families. said David Dyess, who was described as estranged from his father. Official: Ariz. gunman targeted ex-wife, friends
The estranged father took one look at his offspring and was besotted, and now he and the mother are back together. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes the injured partner in a divorce uses the in-laws to get at the estranged spouse. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
The estranged father took one look at his offspring and was besotted, and now he and the mother are back together. Times, Sunday Times
Calce, 36, had troubles with the law in the past and was estranged from his parents, who proved uncurious about his uncommunicative state.
He reminds us to remember dates, to visualize spouse's families, estranged family, and stepfamilies - even pets.

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