The phrase "ambivalent then" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a feeling of mixed emotions or uncertainty about a situation at a specific point in time.
Example: "I was ambivalent then about whether to accept the job offer or pursue further studies."
Alternatives: "conflicted at that time" or "uncertain back then."
"If it became too easy and you weren't ambivalent, then I would really start worrying about it.
Ambivalent, Then Accepting Mr. Oltzik died two days after the meeting between Dr. Halbridge and his family, and Dr. Halbridge was frank in describing his treatment.
If they're not really opposed to those policies, or are even ambivalent, then what's required to change their minds would be different tactics altogether.
If any one of the four adjacent residues is marked as conformationally ambivalent, then the concerned residue will be marked as conformationally ambivalent as well.
If three out of the four adjacent residues are marked as conformationally ambivalent, then the concerned residue will be marked as conformationally ambivalent as well.
Meanwhile, former House speaker Newt Gingrich appeared to twist himself in knots as he first called for a no-fly zone when Obama was ambivalent and then attacked Obama for the intervention after it was launched.
Really, even if you just limit it to two actions: the decision to not enforce the individual mandate vigorously or leave it very ambivalent, and then the not making a commitment to pay for cost-sharing reductions.
I was faintly ambivalent about that, but then I was faintly ambivalent about the prospect of giving birth anyway.
When I made the proposal, I was slightly ambivalent about it, but then I started to think, "I'd really like to win this commission".
The player who seemed to care only about swimming and then acted ambivalent about even that, found he had come to care more about all of this than he ever had before.
He worked, that is, to avoid being perceived as a stereotypical "black candidate," to the point that Time asked in February 2007, "Is Obama Black Enough?" in an article about Obama's then-ambivalent relationship with African American communities.
