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conflict
in
A Shade of Vampire
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- I could almost see the wheels in his head turning, and every bit of his demeanor showed how conflicted he was about what he wanted to do.†
p. 82.4 *conflicted = tension from opposing ideas or feelings
- I remembered how conflicted Derek had seemed as he'd raised me up against that pillar.†
p. 121.1
- There was no conflict of that sort evident in the vampire he just killed.†
p. 121.2conflict = struggle or disagreement
- I could tell from the way she spoke that she was conflicted, most likely debating whether to keep me from driving the stake into Lucas' heart.†
p. 275.1conflicted = tension from opposing ideas or feelings
- My mind's eye began to fill with flood upon flood of conflicting premonitions of what was to come.†
p. 285.6conflicting = opposing (struggling against each other)
- I sensed Lucas' resentment and my father's conflict over his love for Derek and his love for power.†
p. 286.2conflict = struggle or disagreement
Definitions:
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(1)
(conflict) a struggle or disagreementin various senses, including:
- a serious disagreement -- as in "political conflict"
- the tension from two opposing ideas or feelings -- as in "I'm conflicted about where I should go to college."
- a violent fight or war -- as in "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"
- an idiom that refers to tension between responsibilities to different entities -- "conflict of interest"
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)