How to Use constructive in a Sentence

constructive

adjective
  • Your feedback was not very constructive.
  • The program helps people recently released from prison figure out how they can play a constructive role in society.
  • I tried to offer constructive criticism.
  • Having some time in groups and some time on your own seems to be the most constructive.
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • What are the odds Mr. Trump takes the more constructive second tack?
    — Karl Rove, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The change in that is something that could be quite constructive.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Lots of constructive notes for Nev and Jenna to work on for next time.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • But the pledges themselves are meant to be constructive.
    — Diane Selkirk, CNN, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Riyadh tried to play a more constructive role after 2012, when protests brought down Saleh.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Look to more constructive emotions like awe, hope and parental love to get people to act.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2020
  • All of these are constructive ways to take risks and leverage the power of your passion.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 4 July 2022
  • One big lesson that Kidd hopes will be constructive for his team.
    — Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Make good use of the constructive energies the sun and Saturn are casting down.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
  • There were other, more constructive ways of passing the time.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Slaoui described the talks as constructive and nearing an end.
    — Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • And yet, Pagenaud said both crews and the team at-large took the constructive criticism in-stride.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2022
  • The building blocks are constructive and destructive at the same time, the artist told a visitor to the show opening.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But there’s a constructive, positive way to look at this.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 28 Oct. 2022
  • If there isn't any, replace the thought with something constructive.
    — Dr. Michelle Penelope King, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • That's our role as educators, to help guide them, and being constructive and not just yelling at the wind.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • China could play a constructive role in helping Trump achieve that goal.
    — Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The show has been a marvel of that — constructive tolerance.
    — Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Bankman-Fried: There are nonconstructive people on both sides of the aisle, and there are constructive people on both sides of the aisle.
    — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • There is no such thing as a good loss, in the NBA or any sport for that matter, but some defeats are more constructive than others.
    — Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2021
  • You may be tempted to speak your mind today, so use it to say something constructive.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The fallout of clashes with a new spouse can be constructive or destructive.
    — Time, 11 Jan. 2023
  • This was the West working to defuse things and encourage constructive action.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Even just listening to Carroll’s views on the Bears’ team and structure would be constructive.
    — Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Only a constructive dialogue with both sides can produce a peace deal.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Yet to suggest that the Supreme Court did not go far enough, fast enough in galvanizing racially constructive change in American schools after Brown is one thing.
    — Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025

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