ambivalent
Example Sentences
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As a child of divorce, were you ambivalent about marriage?
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
For a memoirist, Mr. Lemann remains ambivalent about self-revelation, eliding his professional accomplishments and any emotional upheavals along the way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
North Carolina resident Shelley Hughes was more ambivalent.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
A terrific story captures the ambivalent emotions surrounding the ballet performance of Sylvia’s teenage grandchildren.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Although McCandless was enough of a realist to know that hunting game was an unavoidable component of living off the land, he had always been ambivalent about killing animals.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing ambivalent
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Grade 11, List 1
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