All 4 Uses of
estrange
in
The House of Mirth
- She believed in the sincerity of her friend's affection, though it sometimes showed itself in self-interested ways, and she shrank with peculiar reluctance from any risk of estranging it.†
Chpt 1.12
- But, aside from this, she was keenly conscious of the way in which such an estrangement would react on herself.†
Chpt 1.12 *
- But when Gerty stood at her side with the tea she pushed it away, and turned an estranged eye on the familiar room.†
Chpt 1.14
- Her real self had lain warm on his heart but a few hours earlier—what had he to do with this estranged and tranquil face which, for the first time, neither paled nor brightened at his coming?†
Chpt 2.14
Definition:
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(estrange) arouse hostility or indifference where there had formerly been affection or sympathy