How to Use conflicting in a Sentence

conflicting

adjective

• This conflicting advice is one reason to go with a pro for this job.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
• Williams’ most conflicting relationships—with Take That, the British press, and with himself—form the crux of the story.
  — TIME, 8 Nov. 2023
• They are confronted with the state of the house, but also with their own conflicting feelings.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023
• But few are doing so with the same amount of conflicting joy and sadness as Steve and Gina Meyer.
  — NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
• But after 21 months of war with Russia, the date brings conflicting emotions.
  — Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• There is a third trend, though, that can help reconcile these two conflicting movements: the growth of solar.
  — Chris Hopper, Fortune, 3 July 2023
• As Murdaugh's life has crashed down around him, some people close to him are wrestling with conflicting emotions.
  — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
• Ethics experts have offered conflicting views about whether Thomas should have disclosed the trips.
  — Mark Sherman, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2023
• But as with most details of Tay’s life, there are several conflicting versions of this part of the story.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
• Sparks ignite and the three find themselves in a conflicting love triangle.
  — Minh Nguyen, Variety, 6 Aug. 2023
• Initially, the couple told conflicting stories about how the gun went off.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 9 Feb. 2023
• The rules of collecting the two genera are wildly conflicting.
  — Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 30 July 2023
• There have been conflicting reports about the number of people who were injured.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• In reality, the two actors weren't able to join the new series due to conflicting schedules.
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 26 Jan. 2023
• The Atkins bill would eliminate conflicting language in state law.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
• For Turner, the following month has been full of conflicting emotions.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2023
• The next steps for the central bank, after this week, are clouded by uncertainty and a mix of conflicting signals.
  — Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
• These conflicting pressures could have prompted South Africa’s new government to cart a unique course.
  — Steven Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2024
• There were conflicting reports about the episode and what took place in Bryansk, but by the end of the day, Russian authorities said the group had been driven back into Ukraine.
  — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• There is a conflicting square between the Moon in your pleasure-loving 5th house and rebel Uranus in your hard-working 2nd house, meaning a last-minute matter could arise.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• The new case follows conflicting rulings by two appeals courts, one of which upheld the Texas law, while the other struck down Florida’s statute.
  — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
• The first high school seniors to apply to college since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision are trying to sort through a morass of conflicting guidance.
  — David Leonhardt Ashley Wu Paul Tough Jessica Cheung Michael Sokolove Susan Dominus David Marchese Adlan Jackson Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah Lisa Sanders, M.d. Bryan Washington Saul Austerlitz Anne Boyer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• The conflicting reports underscored the chaos that has engulfed Sudan since fighting broke out between the army and the RSF earlier this month.
  — Shane Harris, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
• The film is somehow sparse and flamboyant at the same time; viewers may feel conflicting impulses of being charmed and repulsed.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• While there were a few entries critics and audiences were able to rally around, most of them drew conflicting opinions — which this list is surely proof of.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
• The conflicting answers left her shrugging her shoulders.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
• Due to conflicting stories, a report was filed and sent to the prosecutor for review and potential charges.
  — cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
• But conflicting reports about the cause allowed the hyphen theory to flourish.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• The timeline of Norton’s last week alive is muddled by conflicting evidence.
  — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2023
• And some New Yorkers wrestled with conflicting feelings: their own worries about crime and aggression in the city and their conviction that the rider had gone too far and should be charged with a crime.
  — Maria Cramer, New York Times, 4 May 2023

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