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.
• Find the right balance of positive and constructive for each person.
  — Anne Sugar, Forbes, 30 May 2021
• The answer is that sports function far too much like government to be socially constructive.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 29 May 2021
• Surround yourself with people who are going to give you constructive criticism but also lift you up.
  — Karina Michel Feld, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2021
• Colombia’s universities may be well-placed to play a constructive role in national reform.
  — María Paula Rubiano A., Science | AAAS, 21 May 2021
• But what all of them need is good honest communication and constructive criticism.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 6 June 2021
• Perhaps that will even lead to a new, and more constructive, chapter in the personal freedoms debate that has raged alongside the pandemic.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 18 May 2021
• And despite the prison detour, my interrupted reporting trip had been constructive.
  — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
• Here are 10 tips for clients looking to build a more constructive relationship with their PR agency.
  — April Margulies, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• Around nine out of ten managers have avoided giving constructive feedback to their employees for fear of the employees reacting poorly.
  — Mark Murphy, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• To resolve this, engage in a constructive dialogue aimed at finding a resolution to a specific challenge.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• Out Here Magazine, say education and constructive engagement are called for, along with continued protests.
  — oregonlive, 28 May 2021
• Many of Reddit’s other personal style forums serve up a healthy mix of positive validation and constructive criticism.
  — Oscar Holland, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
• Having some time in groups and some time on your own seems to be the most constructive.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum, acknowledged the constructive nature of the ongoing talks but noted that an agreement is still a way off.
  — Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 5 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Dec 2024