How to Use affirmative in a Sentence

affirmative

adjective

• She gave an affirmative answer, not a negative answer.
• For the better part of the past decade, the Warriors have answered in the affirmative.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
• The packed courtroom seemed to answer in the affirmative to that one.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
• In Wendell, a small town in the western part of the state, more than 80 percent of votes cast were in the affirmative.
  — Daigo Fujiwara, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
• There's still time for the Badgers to answer that in the affirmative.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2021
• Trump turned to look at those who answered in the affirmative.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
• So not even talking about the affirmative case, but fear the other side.
  — CBS News, 30 Oct. 2022
• That’s the question this Fortune op-ed asks and argues in the affirmative.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 23 June 2023
• Many voters see their ballots not as an affirmative choice so much as a move to block bad acts.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Uhh, going to answer that one in the affirmative, coach.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 8 Jan. 2023
• The boy nodded in the affirmative and Carvalho called the police.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 8 June 2022
• Be sure the question is answered in the affirmative if such a discount was taken.
  — Bob Carlson, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• The affirmative case for democracy must be made anew so that no one dares forget the price that has been paid for our freedom — or the price to be paid for its loss.
  — Richard K. Sherwin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
• Two-thirds being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended.
  — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Neapolitan pizza cart Reeva is the rare find that answers both in the affirmative.
  — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2022
• Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 May 2022
• Of the events hosted by the alliance this year, this one got the quickest affirmative response from businesses, Wood said.
  — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• The proposal barely cleared a 1% quorum in the affirmative with 1.13% share.
  — Danny Nelson, Fortune, 19 June 2022
• There might be a sadness in that pondering, but the song itself felt too good (and still feels too good) to leave me with anything but an affirmative response.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• The question has been asked in Illinois, but no affirmative answer has been given.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022
• The ripple effect of such affirmative word-of-mouth advertising is worth its weight in gold.
  — Rhett Power, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
• The question every prequel should answer in the affirmative is: Is there a reason to watch beyond the connections to the franchise starter?
  — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
• Scott replied in the affirmative, suggesting that a high-ankle sprain is the injury Scott sustained against Samford.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• Bowman’s affirmative vote was another blow to the DSA’s trust in the congressman.
  — Fox News, 1 Dec. 2021
• If the answer is affirmative, then go ahead and automate.
  — Yec, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• The crafty debut feature from the brothers Danny and Michael Philippou, makes an unnerving case for the answer to that question in the affirmative.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
• Well … this was a resounding answer in the affirmative.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
• The vote to release on the three-member NMB was 2–1, and the two voting in the affirmative were a former union president and a former Teamsters attorney.
  — The Editors, National Review, 30 Nov. 2022
• However, so far, there has yet to be any affirmative evidence collected that shows one of the anomalies is a space alien.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2022
• On the horizon, the Court seems poised to invalidate affirmative-action plans and other policies esteemed on the left.
  — Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024