mixed feelings
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Local Bay Area swimmers have mixed feelings about the sea lions, which have been known to administer bacteria-filled bites to humans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
In the school corridor, outside an English classroom decorated with artwork depicting various Shakespeare plays, friends Hena and Fena confide they have mixed feelings about the ban.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The megapopular TV franchise “Yellowstone” put Montana in the national spotlight, but some locals have mixed feelings about the attention.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
"It's mixed feelings," Fartach Razmjoo told AFP at a gathering in Canada's largest city Toronto.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Nhamo watched them disappear down the trail with mixed feelings.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
