mixed emotions

Frequency: 7.511.0 per million words

feeling both positive and negative things at the same time

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  • I have mixed emotions about graduating; I'm excited for the future but sad to leave my friends.
  • She looked back at her empty childhood home with mixed emotions.
  • He accepted the promotion with mixed emotions, as it meant moving to a new city.
  • Watching her son drive off to college filled her with mixed emotions of pride and sorrow.
  • The news of the company merger was met with mixed emotions by the employees.
  • The film's ending left the audience with mixed emotions—a sense of hope tinged with sorrow.
  • It's a situation that brings up a lot of mixed emotions for me.
  • Many fans have mixed emotions about the final season of the show.
  • Reflecting on the trip, he felt mixed emotions: joy from the adventure and sadness that it was over.
  • She experienced mixed emotions upon receiving the unexpected inheritance.