Wondering how to use Ambiguous in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as equivocal or multivalent.
Ambiguous meaning
- Open to multiple interpretations.
- Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
Synonyms of Ambiguous
Using Ambiguous
- The main meaning on this page is: Open to multiple interpretations. | Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
- Useful related words include: equivocal, multi-valued, multivalent, left-handed.
- In the example corpus, ambiguous often appears in combinations such as: an ambiguous, ambiguous or, ambiguous and.
Context around Ambiguous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ambiguous
- In this selection, "ambiguous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, racially, kept, purposefully, ending, moment and explaining stand out and add context to how "ambiguous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 every ambiguous moment is and a satisfyingly ambiguous ending. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ambiguous" sits close to words such as acclaim, balances and biased, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ambiguous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Meanwhile, Amnesty International called the Bill “appalling”, “ambiguous” and “vaguely worded”. (11 words)
For the record, my husband and kids are best described as racially ambiguous. (13 words)
But after the ambiguous ending of Season 4, will the crew return in a fifth season? (16 words)
Added to that, Atwell had previously commented that her allegiances were going to be kept ambiguous, explaining that there won't be any way of telling if she'll be on Ethan's side or not until the movie is released this summer. (43 words)
Carpenter and Hill did not intend the Shape’s mysterious disappearance at the end of the first to be a cliffhanger; It’s a spooky ambiguous ending designed to place the audience with a final chill, like a campfire ghost story. (41 words)
Given this, they contend that providing examples of people with ambiguous sexual anatomy (i.e., “intersex” conditions) not only disproves the sex binary but also demonstrates that biological sex is a meaningless and even oppressive categorization scheme. (37 words)
Pictures or photographs may also be ambiguous at the semantic level: the visual image is unambiguous, but the meaning and narrative may be ambiguous: is a certain facial expression one of excitement or fear, for instance? (36 words)
But after the ambiguous ending of Season 4, will the crew return in a fifth season? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Pictures or photographs may also be ambiguous at the semantic level: the visual image is unambiguous, but the meaning and narrative may be ambiguous: is a certain facial expression one of excitement or fear, for instance?
According to actor Will Sharpe, who portrays Ethan in season 2, every ambiguous moment is carefully calculated to engage the audience.
Added to that, Atwell had previously commented that her allegiances were going to be kept ambiguous, explaining that there won't be any way of telling if she'll be on Ethan's side or not until the movie is released this summer.
And Adam Shapiro, an economist at the San Francisco Fed, that about 40 per cent of inflation is supply-driven, 40 per cent is demand-driven, and the other 20 per cent is ambiguous.
But after the ambiguous ending of Season 4, will the crew return in a fifth season?
But whether the scope of the “de-risking” strategy is less extreme remains unclear: The term is purposefully ambiguous.
Carpenter and Hill did not intend the Shape’s mysterious disappearance at the end of the first to be a cliffhanger; It’s a spooky ambiguous ending designed to place the audience with a final chill, like a campfire ghost story.
Carpenter did, however, reveal who does know the truth behind The Thing’s iconic ambiguous ending: himself.
For the record, my husband and kids are best described as racially ambiguous.
Given this, they contend that providing examples of people with ambiguous sexual anatomy (i.e., “intersex” conditions) not only disproves the sex binary but also demonstrates that biological sex is a meaningless and even oppressive categorization scheme.
He is wholly persuasive as a trickily ambiguous man who both is and isn’t what he initially seems.
In a film that is notoriously ambiguous and often confusing, 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL is so terrifying because of the blurred lines surrounding his intentions, if there were any at all.
In many cases, the DIY document will leave an ambiguous position which might be for the Court to determine, leaving the estate suffering a much larger expense at the end of the day.
Judging a book by its cover really doesn’t apply with Arguello; the sometimes racially ambiguous, larger-than-life Latinx comedian shocks with personal punchlines you’d never see coming.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International called the Bill “appalling”, “ambiguous” and “vaguely worded”.
Mr Sudawan’s suggestion also avoids disputes about hospital treatment created by a universal medical compensation which is bound to have ambiguous details if drawn up in haste in time for the new year.
Of course, it's ultimately up to viewers to decide for themselves, as makes the answer ambiguous for a reason.
Once started, takes its audience on a wondrous and terrifying journey with a satisfyingly ambiguous ending.
One of the reasons for the divide is likely the ambiguous nature ofLeave the World Behind.
People don’t want to think that the process of settling our legal rules involves a messy tangle of ambiguous arguments that yield uncertain answers.
Common combinations with ambiguous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an ambiguous 14×
- ambiguous or 13×
- ambiguous and 12×
- and ambiguous 11×
- is ambiguous 10×
- the ambiguous 10×
- ambiguous ending 10×
- more ambiguous 8×
- be ambiguous 7×
- ambiguous as 7×