Sentence examples for ambivalent intimacy from inspiring English sources

His artistic inventions extend to the direction of actors: his stars, John Dall and Peggy Cummins, aren't the last word in charisma, but, by directing them to speak in virtual whispers, he conjures an ambivalent intimacy that draws viewers uneasily close to a world of depravity.

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

He is frantic for intimacy with others, but ambivalent about it when it comes - is it love?

Munro embraced the mystery, intimacy, and tension of the ordinary lives of both men and women, rooted in the uncharted and ambivalent landscape of what affectionately came to be known as "Munro country".

Ambivalent Mirror?

Surprisingly ambivalent.

Yet the intimacy remained.

Intimacy is our currency.

Gradually an intimacy develops.

3 The Ambivalent Veggie.

It seemed less ambivalent.