Sentence examples for ambivalent affection from inspiring English sources

But this delicate balance was upset by the Holocaust, which twisted ambivalent affection into paralytic grief.

War has been declared only once and generally there has been a good deal of mutual, albeit ambivalent, affection.

Quite strangely, in the last six months, the word in question has found itself spoken three times on our revered, publicly financed BBC (not known with ambivalent affection as Auntie for nothing) by three different highly respected middle-aged male broadcasters.

"Nothing Sacred," written by the former Chicago reporter Ben Hecht (who, with Charles MacArthur, also wrote "Twentieth Century"), is one of those superbly cynical Depression-era newspaper comedies in which the Fourth Estate is portrayed, with ambivalent affection, as the biggest con in town.

Much of the music, though, has the interrogative restlessness of thought in pursuit of certainty, and the ambivalent mix of anger and affection that pervades our relationships with our nearest and dearest.

Many slang terms are primarily derogatory, though they may also be ambivalent when used in intimacy or affection.

Reared by a tough-minded aunt who was stingy with maternal affection, Kinsey has more ambivalent feelings about bossy older women.

Surprisingly ambivalent.

Ambivalent Mirror?

Equal affection.

Its garment is ambivalent.