Example sentences for: ambivalence

How can you use “ambivalence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Second, the allure of pregnancy for many other poor teen-agers may be so slight, or so fleeting, or so fraught with ambivalence, that a $1,000 Norplant incentive would have plenty of takers.

  • The final and most beguiling aspect of Israel's Kosovo ambivalence is Holocaust remembrance but of a different sort.

  • "I don't think there's anything in my life toward which I have more ambivalence, because, obviously, there's something disgusting about giving other people's names," he acknowledged in a 1971 interview.

  • Orientalism and its even more ambitious sequel Culture and Imperialism are works of passionate, almost agonized ambivalence.

  • The subject of religious ambivalence is called daring, the treatment of it smart and sophisticated.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast