ambivalence

Example Sentences

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Much of Ingalls’ fiction deals with the depressive realities of marriage and the frightening disregard, ambivalence or pure hatred husbands have for wives.

From Los Angeles Times

Whatever their ambivalence about the monarchy, Scots by and large embraced Elizabeth.

From New York Times

Polls about affirmative action have proved to be highly sensitive to how the questions on the topic are asked, possibly reflecting some uncertainty or ambivalence in the public’s views.

From New York Times

But the exchange also gestures toward a certain queasy ambivalence the film engenders about the relationship of the characters to the larger political context.

From New York Times

Roe acknowledged the nation’s overall ambivalence about abortion while giving women the power to decide on an individual, case by case, basis.

From Seattle Times