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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• There must be a constructive, non-finger-pointing way to address this issue but can't seem to come up with it on my own.
  — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
• Williams then moves on to the glaze on the cookies, offering some constructive criticism.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2022
• But what about the constructive optimism of Ronald Reagan?
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
• Ask interesting questions, have a bit of a backbone and be ready to listen to constructive thoughts’, Heath explains.
  — Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
• Additionally, the analyst said a key reason for the constructive outlook on U.S. banks is the potential for a positive revision cycle for earnings per share.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025