ambivalence
Example Sentences
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In that environment, power doesn’t encounter firm resistance; it encounters hesitation, fragmentation and cultural ambivalence.
From Salon
Despite his ambivalence to birthdays, the museum, which was co-founded by Fat Mike in 2023, pulled out all the stops for a “this is your life”-style birthday party.
From Los Angeles Times
Patients were left with nowhere to take their ambivalence.
While shoppers had greeted him in his old delivery job with anticipation, now as a return worker they hand over packages with a measure of ambivalence and perhaps, relief.
But Castro succeeds by zeroing in on the moments away from the spotlight where Quintanilla’s playful personality and vulnerable ambivalence paint her in a new, more humane light.
From Los Angeles Times
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