ambivalent
Example Sentences
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North Carolina resident Shelley Hughes was more ambivalent.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Partly as a result of the moral quandaries, Mr. Solomon finishes his book far more ambivalent about colonizing Mars than he was at the outset.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Yet, even at the height of fame, he chooses to remain on the margins of celebrity culture, visibly ambivalent about his own success.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
And yet Americans remain ambivalent about the growing risk of floods.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025
I sighed in relief again when Mr. Banner turned the lights on, finally glancing at Edward; he was looking at me, his eyes ambivalent.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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