conflicted

Grant chooses goofy professor over, say, conflicted wannabe monk, and offers, if nothing else, a reminder that a boyish smile and twinkling blue eyes are simply quirks of genetics rather than reflections of humanity.

The law received unusual attention in the last year after the state Supreme Court ruled that it conflicted with a near-total abortion ban that had been on the books since 1864.

He’s the conflicted architect of a militarized theocracy that took root in America after a second civil war where the Constitution did not prevail.

She's somewhat conflicted on the issue of school fees.

The way that they wanted to tell this story was to make the audience feel conflicted.