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.
• Follow these tips to start building a more constructive culture at work.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• Does constructive criticism get through to people like that?
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
• Weed out the harsh comments from the constructive criticism and find ways to enhance performance and bring the board members better results next quarter.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• This trust is the foundation for constructive conflict, which is an open and honest dialogue about differing perspectives.
  — William Mullane, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
• Both have lasting effects that reach into the future, but one is constructive in nature and the other is the corrective product of destructive behavior.
  — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2021
• The gathering encouraged an atmosphere of free speech and constructive dialogue among the attendees.
  — Shoma Abhyankar, House Beautiful, 14 June 2021
• As much as his play impressed his opponent, Korda said that his father hadn’t held back on immediate constructive criticism after one of the biggest wins of his career.
  — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 29 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• To engage and retain high performers, managers should provide constructive feedback, highlighting areas of growth.
  — Rocki Howard, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024