ambivalence
Example Sentences
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Tournaments once so defined now blur into adulthood ambivalence, postcards plotted along the timeline of your life, the details growing grainy.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
“I’ve had people tell me that they’ve been essentially bullied on social media for expressing ambivalence about having surgery,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
When asked if he sees himself as Ruben, Gadd contemplates the question, debating whether it’s his “jetlagged brain” or ambivalence about finding some of Ruben within him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Wall Street’s ambivalence toward retail investors was summed up by Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., explaining what convinced him to get out of the stock market before the Crash of 1929.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Steve was in his mid-thirties and had a passion and certainty that seemed the direct opposite of my ambivalence.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing ambivalence
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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Just Mercy
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