conflicted
Example Sentences
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But good intentions can harden into dogma, and instead of helping people work through conflicted feelings, practitioners doubled down on the proposition that any desire for change was evidence of internalized harm.
“That purpose is defeated when an official simply gives conflicted assets to adult children.”
From Salon
But the release was postponed until the new year because it conflicted with an event at the White House, Nixon said.
Someone had offered me a job, in an industry I was conflicted about.
From Los Angeles Times
Caught in the grip of challenging sociopolitical backdrops, his magnetic and brooding men — whether bold authority figures, conflicted everyday guys, notorious outlaws or those in positions of power — represent an affront to the status quo.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
