How to Use "alienate" with Example Sentences

1. Punitive measures will alienate rather than persuade israelis .
2. He also reminded the new democrats that they had run an anonymous telephone campaign trying to alienate supporters of one of their mps who had joined the liberals .
3. Management jargon can alienate staff and leave bosses looking untrustworthy and weak , according to a survey commissioned by investors in people .
4. We mustn 't alienate ourselves from the masses , our relationship with the masses is a fish-water relationship or swimmer-water relationship .
5. If the nurses go on strike they may alienate public support for their pay claim .