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.
• But the pledges themselves are meant to be constructive.
  — Diane Selkirk, CNN, 15 Sep. 2021
• The production so far is constructive and going very well, and both parties are learning a lot from each other.
  — Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Based on a different prompt each month, local adult poets will write poems to share with the group for constructive feedback.
  — courant.com, 8 Sep. 2021
• Those who succeed are awarded points, a system meant to incentivize users to keep their replies civil and constructive.
  — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
• Steer clear of wishful thinking and focus on constructive projects in October.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2021
• Only in a choreographed work of art could such freewheeling destructive fun exist as a constructive anthem.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021
• There are basically two kinds of notice under the law: actual and constructive.
  — Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2021
• Yet it’s also long been recognized that DNA breakage sometimes plays a constructive role, too.
  — Quanta Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
• Most people in both Milwaukee and Oconomowoc want the best for their children and are reasonable and constructive in seeking that.
  — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021
• Participants read their pieces and receive constructive critique.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2021
• This approach creates a constructive mindset and strengthens the company’s resilience.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• Underly said a wide range of aspects of minority history are taught in Wisconsin schools, and in constructive ways.
  — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2021
• Learn strategies and skills to handle family political differences in a constructive way.
  — Carl Weiser, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2021
• Psaki declined to weigh in on whether Johnson’s comments were constructive at a moment when the U.S. was trying to mend relations with France.
  — Sylvie Corbet, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• Having some time in groups and some time on your own seems to be the most constructive.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
• 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
• The fallout of clashes with a new spouse can be constructive or destructive.
  — Time, 11 Jan. 2023
• Art is constructive, whereas drugs annihilate, and religion can be exploited.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Nov 2024