How to Use ambivalent in a Sentence

ambivalent

adjective

• 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
• Even her two sons feel ambivalent at best these days about winter.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2022
• For her part, Menard has long been ambivalent about firearms.
  — Jabin Botsford, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
• Some of her coworkers have been ambivalent about joining the union.
  — Azure Gilman, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2022
• 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
• The process has left some other locals ambivalent about the upgrade in status.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2020
• Your kids may seem ambivalent about school and avoidant about discussing the upcoming year.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
• 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
• As to the future of the culture wars, Mr. Hunter is ambivalent.
  — Jason Willick, WSJ, 25 May 2018
• 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
• All that remains, by the film’s final shot, is an ambivalent wall of sound.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• Ma has alluded to his ambivalent relationship with the state in the past.
  — Fortune, 7 Nov. 2020
• The public is ambivalent about the war, and other events will intervene.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 20 Aug. 2021
• 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 only problem was that part of the population was more ambivalent.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2022
• But the movie’s Gawain is already ambivalent about his calling.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
• Hunting is a way of life, and the Scotts and others are ambivalent about gun restrictions.
  — Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
• 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 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
• Was Everett ambivalent about how the novel should conclude?
  — NBC News, 7 May 2020
• Ahmed is ambivalent about all this showmanship, though.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024