conflicted
adjective
con·flict·ed
kən-ˈflik-təd 
: experiencing or marked by ambivalence or a conflict especially of emotions
conflicted feelings
… these people are … conflicted in their values and beliefs.—
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Norman OrnsteinExamples of conflicted in a Sentence
She was still conflicted about her ex-husband's remarriage.
I'm conflicted about the prospect of our only child going away to college.
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Josh O’Connor plays a conflicted priest in a parish full of secrets, alongside Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott and more.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
Speaking to the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast this week, Cowell described their final meeting and the conflicted feelings he’s struggled with in the time since about his role in thrusting the 31-year-old singer into global fame.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2025
Taylor’s face implies infinite possibilities, as much personal as political and conflicted in both directions.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
But over time, they themselves have been overtaken by misconduct, cronyism, and excess, especially after the leading proxy advisory firms continually traded hands between a rotating cast of conflicted foreign buyers and private equity firms.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
Speaking to the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast this week, Cowell described their final meeting and the conflicted feelings he’s struggled with in the time since about his role in thrusting the 31-year-old singer into global fame.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2025
Taylor’s face implies infinite possibilities, as much personal as political and conflicted in both directions.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
But over time, they themselves have been overtaken by misconduct, cronyism, and excess, especially after the leading proxy advisory firms continually traded hands between a rotating cast of conflicted foreign buyers and private equity firms.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conflicted
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“Conflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conflicted. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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conflicted
adjective
con·flict·ed
kən-ˈflik-təd
: having or experiencing emotional conflict
working women were much more conflicted about working than full-time mothers were about staying home—People
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