love-hate

adjective

: feeling or showing a mixture of love and hate

Examples of love-hate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Cities are in a love-hate relationship with pickleball. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 17 July 2024 The risk of staying stuck in a love-hate job, without coming to some form of internal resolution or moving on, is sitting with a lot of uncomfortable feelings. Dr. Gary McClain, TIME, 15 July 2024 So there's a weird sort of love-hate, push-pull, respect-degrading quality to the horror genre, which... Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024 This year’s methodology considers AI as part of the Technology and Innovation category, as well as in the Business Friendliness category at a time when the emerging industry has a love-hate relationship with regulation. Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for love-hate 

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“Love-hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love-hate. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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