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
• Riyadh tried to play a more constructive role after 2012, when protests brought down Saleh.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This was the West working to defuse things and encourage constructive action.
  — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
• 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
• The current government of Israel is not a partner for any constructive plan in the region.
  — TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
• With gridlock in Washington, most of the constructive policy action this year will be in the states.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
• In the process, the two forge a deep bond, of major practical consequence, that proves Paul’s virtues as a teacher and sets Angus on a constructive path.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• We were engaged in a good faith and constructive dialogue with the government.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
• Patrick said most of the feedback on the plywood train car has been positive with constructive suggestions.
  — Randy Diamond, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
• The subject has been the source of deep mutual suspicion, and there was little, if any, constructive engagement about it in the room.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 May 2023
• There needs to be a constructive conversation, one that can happen in private that doesn’t get leaked.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 28 Jan. 2023
• In the past few decades, constructive bidding has gotten more accurate.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024
• For years, such statements took the form of constructive criticism, meant to help his party do a better job of expanding its base.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Nov. 2022
• Iger told investors that recent talks with Comcast had been constructive.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
• During that timeout, the players challenged each other in a constructive way.
  — oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2022
• But before a more constructive, less messianic vocation for the Russian state can be born, the Russian Idea must die.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• Some of the soft skills the TLC program teaches are basic hygiene, how to take a break at work, how to take instruction and constructive feedback, and personal space.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2023
• Richie also had a few words of constructive criticism for Lawson.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 20 Mar. 2023
• But his mere involvement has allowed Democrats to portray him as a constructive force in securing the border.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024