ambivalent

Example Sentences

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And yet, Bamberger was ambivalent about that success.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

His debut show of summer menswear in June last year won widespread praise, but his women's collection in October elicited a more ambivalent reception.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

For many Latino members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is an ambivalent sense of the Church’s stance on immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

There was an ambivalent, if not stone cold, attitude towards the beefy Californian.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

But by the time we were ten, we’d grown more ambivalent about it.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro