conflicted
Example Sentences
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I knew I wanted a fee-only fiduciary adviser because I didn’t want conflicted, commission-driven advice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The author himself was conflicted about her, writing Cathy as a dangerous beauty incapable of empathy in his book, yet expressing how dear she was to him in letters to his editor, Pascal Covici.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Activity that conflicted between the two brain regions quickly disappeared, while activity shared by both areas lasted longer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
He feels conflicted about using the word “queer” to categorize his work, but only largely because he does not want his pieces to be reduced to tacky, “kitsch-ified” representations of Latinidad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He was conflicted, I could tell, but he didn’t follow me.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
