Sentence examples for ambivalent of from inspiring English sources

In between are nearly three dozen paintings and drawings, tender of execution, often ambivalent of mood.

Kenneth MacMillan's Manon may be 40 years old, but the ballet's heroine remains one of the most contemporary – or at least the most interestingly ambivalent – of characters.

This "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" is as sardonic as it is elegiac — a fitting final testament to Peckinpah, the most ornery and ambivalent of the great directors of Westerns.

This "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" is as sardonic as it is elegiac a fitting final testament to Peckinpah, the most ornery and ambivalent of the great directors of Westerns.

They resented the repression of Timorese cultural and political life at the expense of the Indonesian, were ambivalent of Indonesian economic development, and spoke Portuguese amongst themselves, stressing their Portuguese heritage.

DiMattia and colleagues [ 17] however, were ambivalent of the associations between SLS assessment and its relationship with hip joint kinematics and abductor strength [ 17].

We do not expect a universally accepted definition of SE acts as a panacea but it could be the first step in overcoming the problem of ambivalent perceptions of SE.

Richler remained aware always of the ambivalent position of the Jew in a goyim society.

But there were also reminders of the ambivalent nature of the profession's relationship with the law schools, and the fact that their interests are often aligned.

His perception of the ambivalent role of the restaurateur – somewhere between pander and provider – was clear and forcefully expressed, sometimes too forcefully for his own good.

Nearby, a Warholesque sculpture by Nebojsa Seric-Shoba takes the form of a giant can of beef — an ambivalent critique of international aid.