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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a certain ambivalence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling of mixed emotions or uncertainty about a particular situation or decision.
Example: "She felt a certain ambivalence about accepting the job offer, torn between excitement and fear of change."
Alternatives: "a degree of ambivalence" or "somewhat mixed feelings".
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Nevertheless, a certain ambivalence set in.
The admirals betrayed a certain ambivalence.
But their praise often came with a certain ambivalence.
Like most producers, Mr. Fields has a certain ambivalence toward scripts.
One thing Left shares with the financiers he routinely assails is a certain ambivalence about Trump.
And yet there was a certain ambivalence in the reaction of many here today.
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But then you keep stumbling across the tracks of a certain … ambivalence.
A certain American ambivalence about the opposition leader often seemed to prevail.
For years, the massacre stood as a symbol of a certain Italian ambivalence toward World War II.
And Mr. Teeter, who has preached the importance of environmental issues to Republicans for years, argued that the tumbling of one environmental disaster onto another has led to a certain public ambivalence.
Other recent milestones include the foot out the door report that found that most millennials work with what some might label a certain generational ambivalence.
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