Conflicted Sentence Examples

He wasn't the conflicted boy anymore.

The boy blushed, appeared conflicted, and at last gave a stiff nod.

In fact, if one side of the body seems to do one thing while the other side of the body seems to do another, this can be a sign that the person is conflicted as a result of not telling the truth.

Research suggests that this distancing is temporary, and that family relationships may become less conflicted and more intimate during late adolescence.

Deidre didn't know what to think about Gabriel, not when he seemed conflicted about her to start off with.

When Elisabeth opened the door and he laid eyes on her, all conflicted thoughts were replaced with raw emotion.

They were willing enough to admit the abstract claims of the Empire; but in the world of feudalism there was a multitude of established customs and rights which rudely conflicted with these claims, and in action, remote and abstract considerations gave way before concrete and present realities.

It met now and then, and directed sentiment, being twice dispersed by United States troops; but it passed no laws, and did nothing that conflicted with the Territorial government countenanced by Congress.

Robespierre, the leading member of the committee, abhorred the chiefs of the Commune, not merely because they conflicted with his ambition but from difference of character.

Of the two contrary currents which have continually mingled and conflicted throughout the course of French history, that of monarchic absolutism and that of aristocratic and democratic liberty, the former was now to carry all before it.

By his interpreters it was transformed into a theory of one soul common to all mankind, and when thus corrupted conflicted not unreasonably with the doctrines of a future life, common to Islam and Christendom.

Believing that under existing conditions such a step was both detrimental in present policy and unauthorized in law, President Lincoln directed him (2nd September) to modify the order to make it conform to the Confiscation Act of Congress, and on the 11th of September annulled the parts of the order which conflicted with this act.

The pacifist manufacturer was a conflicted individual during wartime.

Although low in both social responsibility and independence, they are usually more cheerful than the conflicted and irritable children of authoritarian parents.

Children in stepfamilies are subject to multiple parental influences and may become confused and conflicted about how they fit into each family and which parent is responsible for discipline.

Tired and conflicted, she lay back on the bed, taking great satisfaction out of a real bed after the few days on the flimsy bed at the Sanctuary.

What that mission was is hard to say, but it conflicted with contemporary secular and religious authority and he was eventually crucified.

Distinguishing between conflicted shyness and social disinterest in early childhood."

If you're conflicted about returning to work after having your baby, you may find yourself wondering if it's acceptable to quit your job after your maternity leave is up.

I'm sure whoever did it, was feeling very conflicted about now.

His voice turned to a whisper and he looked at her, conflicted.

The date conflicted with the Election Day for sheriff but Cynthia repeated her promise to vote absentee.

While Dean was flabbergasted, his emotions were conflicted.

Gabriel assessed the half-demon was conflicted.

She appeared conflicted yet hopeful.

Thousands of years of love-hate memories left him conflicted.

He was no longer the conflicted man she'd met on a beach a few days before.

Jade said nothing, conflicted.

She gazed around A'Ran's bedroom, conflicted with the idea that her choice would mean she never saw her home, her family again.

Nor had he any wish to undermine established beliefs, except where he conceived that they conflicted with a truer religion and a purer morality.

They refused to accept the doctrine of creation because it conflicted with the explanation of forms as the necessary evolution of matter.

These stories are, in fact, of a stamp with the detailed narratives already noticed (§ 3), and they conflict with the fragmentary traditions of David's steps to Jerusalem as seriously as the popular narratives of Saul conflicted with older evidence.

He captures the man's gradual change from confident and capable to wiser and conflicted with extraordinary subtlety.

The 1994 amendments resulting from the European directives conflicted with the primary legislation and were therefore ultra vires, null and void.

Viewing the stepfamily as a blended family can lead to unrealistic expectations, confused and conflicted children, difficult adjustment, and in many cases, failure of the marriage and family.

Gangs are particularly visible in communities with a significant portion of economically disadvantaged families and when parents are conflicted, distant, or unavailable.

It is almost guaranteed that a conflicted individual will manifest some of this conflict in his relationships.

You may find yourself conflicted at times and could suffer from an occasional outburst of passion, anger or some other strong emotion.

She was conflicted about taking the part, worried that it was a role for an unattractive woman.

The offspring of the unholy union, the baby Connor (fully human, no less!) was kidnapped and spirited away to a demon dimension, returning in a short time as an angry, conflicted young man, with some impressive slaying moves of his own.

He was leaving conflicted after seeing the marking on her back, the one that identified her as Darkyn's mate.

He captures the man 's gradual change from confident and capable to wiser and conflicted with extraordinary subtlety.

Those conflicted individuals, in some cases have had their marriages end because of those cultural pressures.

What happens is that you feel conflicted.

Conflicted, she returned to the kitchen to find Jonny seated on a stool near a counter.

I was conflicted; should I support the love of my life or be more pragmatic?