How to Use conducive in a Sentence

conducive

adjective
  • Still, the overall school environment looks like a shopping list of things that aren’t conducive to a good school year.
    Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021
  • All of which doesn’t exactly make for the most conducive environment right now for the movie business.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The upper-level pattern will not be conducive for any rain chances until perhaps late in the weekend or early next week.
    Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2021
  • It’s not a sure thing that Westbrook’s style of play is conducive to winning basketball, even with his gaudy numbers.
    New York Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Our children are having to adapt to environments not conducive to well-being or learning.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This environment isn’t conducive to genuine rehabilitation, which is borne out in the numbers.
    Sean-Michael Pigeon, National Review, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Stadiums have also proven to be conducive to public safety, FEMA said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But scientists don’t yet know how to fine-tune the pulses of electricity to evoke a brain state conducive to learning or whether there are serious adverse side effects to zapping the nerves to stimulate the thought process.
    Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021
  • As the low-pressure system makes its way toward the Caribbean, the conditions will become increasingly conducive for formation.
    Hannah Gard and Judson Jones, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The turf at the new home is conducive to Richard's game.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Would the two be conducive to the headspace required for that kind of song?
    Morgan Enos, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The ball used to be rounder and, thus, more conducive to being dropped on the ground and kicked.
    Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Seasons are very conducive to the rhythms of the creative process.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2018
  • It’s not conducive to good, safe work for the first-teamers.
    cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
  • On the court, Nahiem’s skills are conducive to winning.
    Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The width is conducive to the high press because there’s less ground to cover.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The track is conducive to Rich Strike’s late-closing style.
    New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • There's something about this time of year that's conducive to these sorts of games.
    Julie Muncy, WIRED, 24 July 2019
  • Working full-time just proved not at all conducive to that goal.
    Jen Gann, The Cut, 26 July 2017
  • The price tag is way too high, and the fact the stadium has a grass field isn’t conducive to five games over two days.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Wavelengths in the red part of the light spectrum are conducive to growth, Destler explained.
    Paul Tullis, Bloomberg.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The hot, dry air underneath a heat dome can be conducive to the spread of wildfires.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 July 2021
  • And Miller says the dirt surface for the 7-furlong O’Brien is not conducive to late rallies.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The climate there is in certain parts is more conducive.
    Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The recipe wasn’t conducive to a comeback, or much of a respectable attempt.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
  • It’s not conducive to winning enough games to hang in a playoff race.
    Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Towels are nice and moist and warm, which is very conducive to the growth of all sorts of organisms.
    Ashley Laderer, SELF, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The abusive workplace is not conducive to good work; the work has suffered.
    Nick Paumgarte, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2021
  • So where has the weather been conducive for good leaf peeping this year?
    Allison Chinchar, CNN, 3 Oct. 2020
  • That’s not conducive to the Spurs deciding to soon trade some of their best players.
    Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2020

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