How to Use ambivalent in a Sentence

ambivalent

adjective
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  • The play is ambivalent, in the end, about wellness claims.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2022
  • My ex is ambivalent and does not seem to care whether our daughter stays over the weekends with me or not.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Mark seemed ambivalent at times urging Brett on and at times telling him to stop.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2018
  • For her part, Menard has long been ambivalent about firearms.
    — Jabin Botsford, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Even her two sons feel ambivalent at best these days about winter.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2022
  • All that remains, by the film’s final shot, is an ambivalent wall of sound.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
  • But lately, some have been ambivalent about that prospect.
    — Farah Yousry, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Mark seemed ambivalent, at times urging Brett on and at times telling him to stop.
    — Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
  • As to the future of the culture wars, Mr. Hunter is ambivalent.
    — Jason Willick, WSJ, 25 May 2018
  • Some of her coworkers have been ambivalent about joining the union.
    — Azure Gilman, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2022
  • And the next day, the resident comes out and makes some comments that were highly ambivalent about that event.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The process has left some other locals ambivalent about the upgrade in status.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The duo created and star in the show, about a widowed and wayward tech genius and his ambivalent son.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Your kids may seem ambivalent about school and avoidant about discussing the upcoming year.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The public is ambivalent about the war, and other events will intervene.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Ma has alluded to his ambivalent relationship with the state in the past.
    — Fortune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • In this view, Iraq is at best an ambivalent partner and at worst a tacit foe.
    — Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The adults struggle to make peace with young people who are ambivalent about their own salvation.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 June 2021
  • The effect is ambivalent: Are the dark streaks meant to be read as tears, the result of the subject’s sorrow?
    — William Meyers, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2019
  • But the movie’s Gawain is already ambivalent about his calling.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The only problem was that part of the population was more ambivalent.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Hunting is a way of life, and the Scotts and others are ambivalent about gun restrictions.
    — Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • But there's got to be room for an eyebrow raise and an ambivalent shuffle-step to the side when something new rolls up the parade route.
    — Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Meanwhile, some in the neighborhood are ambivalent about what’s next.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Sure, being ambivalent is painful, but being stuck on one side of an issue is likely worse in the long run.
    — Howie Milstein, Star Tribune, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Netflix has long had an ambivalent relationship with the big screen.
    — Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The lessons here are important but somewhat ambivalent.
    — Julia Azari, Vox, 9 May 2018
  • Are there some people who feel ambivalent more often than others?
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Ahmed is ambivalent about all this showmanship, though.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Was Everett ambivalent about how the novel should conclude?
    — NBC News, 7 May 2020

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