AMBIGUOUS in a Sentence
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26 example sentences for AMBIGUOUS, such as:
1. He gave me an ambiguous answer.
2. Much British humour depends on ambiguity.
3. Don't touch ambiguity when you are in love.
4. His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
5. The government has been ambiguous on this issue.
2. Much British humour depends on ambiguity.
3. Don't touch ambiguity when you are in love.
4. His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
5. The government has been ambiguous on this issue.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of AMBIGUOUS
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ambiguous
a. unclear or doubtful in meaning
Classic Sentence:
1 Once again, Lily had withdrawn from an ambiguous situation in time to save her self-respect, but too late for public vindication.
2 Then again, Stubb was one of those odd sort of humorists, whose jollity is sometimes so curiously ambiguous, as to put all inferiors on their guard in the matter of obeying them.
3 He exhibited ambiguous prudence and awkward daring.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF
4 The ambiguous phrase by means of which Montparnasse had warned Gavroche of the presence of the policeman, contained no other talisman than the assonance dig repeated five or six times in different forms.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
5 "Well, I married him," said Myrtle, ambiguously.
6 Lily was in fact becoming more and more aware of a certain ambiguity in her situation.
7 Gerty had tried to veil her failure in tender ambiguities; but Carry, always the soul of candour, put the case squarely to her friend.
8 He kept it up a long time in the inn, got off a lot of allegories and ambiguities so that you couldn't make out head or tail.
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations.
2 He gave me an ambiguous answer.
3 It has sown confusion and anxiety among researchers by giving birth to the ambiguous concept of sensitive but unclassified research.
4 The government has been ambiguous on this issue.
5 The language in the Minister's statement is highly ambiguous.
6 His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
7 Even in BP CEO Tony Hayward's new television commercial his assurance is an ambiguous.
8 His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take.
9 Don't touch ambiguity when you are in love.
10 Much British humour depends on ambiguity.
11 Incorrect choice of words leads to ambiguity for the reader.
12 From the later fourth century, this ideal offered puzzled Christians a means to define their identity without ambiguity.
13 There is a degree of ambiguity in this statement.
14 There was an element of ambiguity in the president's reply.
15 When keeping the ambiguity with you ,I fear I will fall in love with you, and I fear I will cry after your leaving.