How to Use positive in a Sentence

positive

1 of 2 adjective

• What are some of the positive things about your job?
• You've got to have a positive attitude to do well in life.
• The book had a positive influence on me.
• To end on a positive note, we are seeing an increase in sales this month.
• On the positive side, you will be making more money.
• You should try to be more positive about the whole situation.
• He has been a positive role model for his brother.
• The low unemployment rate is a positive sign for the economy.
• The company took positive steps to create a safer workplace.
• Nothing positive came out of that experience.
• The rate of positive tests has climbed to 2.9%, from less than 1%.
  — Henry Goldman, Bloomberg.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• The next week, there were 411 positive results – which turned out to be the peak.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
• The one positive thing Moreno could do would be to change the name of the team back to the Anaheim Angels.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
• The bad news is that, well, the feedback wasn't all positive.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 8 Apr. 2019
• Gustin is the third Browns player to test positive in the past three days.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2020
• So far, the trip out the desert has yielded some positive gains.
  — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2021
• So yes, Biden has done a lot in the way of making positive change.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2019
• What can each of us do to turn the negative to a positive?
  — David Ellenstein Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2021
• If that is the case, then anything from here on out is a positive.
  — Peter San Nicolas, Ramona Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2019
• The Dodgers still viewed this weekend as a positive, as well.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022
• Three of those 37 then tested positive with the nasal swabs.
  — al, 28 Apr. 2020
• The people elected you to speak for them, to make positive change.
  — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
• But mostly that’s because of my positive feelings for the rest of the show.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• The fast start was a positive, but the Titans are still looking for their first win.
  — Paul Johnson, Elgin Courier-News, 19 Apr. 2018
• Quinn, who tested positive for the virus, is the second player to go on the list in six days.
  — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• And he has been helped by Trump, whose actions have put him in a less-than-positive light.
  — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2022
• No positive cases had yet been found via the those tests.
  — Xie Yu, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2020
• The measure looks at first-time positive tests over the last seven days.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2020
• Love is about assuming positive intent and giving your partner the benefit of the doubt.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
• Meanwhile, some of ASML’s biggest customers have been posting positive results.
  — Cagan Koc, Fortune Europe, 17 Apr. 2024

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positive

2 of 2 noun

• The test showed a positive.
• The positives of living in the city include access to public transportation and many interesting restaurants.
• That’s not to say there haven’t been positives on the court.
  — Jason Jones, sacbee, 14 Jan. 2018
• As for Smith and the Mavs, Carlisle felt there were positives.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 13 Jan. 2018
• Both coaches had positives to build on from the rest of the game.
  — Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• The Black Belt’s percent positives are among the highest in the state.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 22 May 2020
• That’s one of the positives that has come out of what has occurred.
  — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
• As for me, a speech about the positives of being with the firm would be very, very short.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• The pit bull has plenty of positives that are easy to see.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• The idea is to disguise the real thing among a sea of false positives.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• There are plenty of positives that come with the youth the Clippers have.
  — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• In the end, though, the positives easily carried the day.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• He was urged to take a test and wound up popping a positive.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2022
• After the wedding, Crawley chose to look at the positives of the day.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• At this point, those might be the only positives for a young team that seems lost.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• On the positive side, the rate of false positives in Grail’s test seems low.
  — Sharon Begley, STAT, 2 June 2018
• But buried in the positives are a few areas of concern.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2018
• First, the positives — and there are a lot of positives.
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• There have been a lot of times when I have been blown away by the positives, over the years, certainly.
  — Alexandra Ossola, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2019
• The overall trade, though, could still be a net positive.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2021
• But that’s about as far as any sane person can go with the positives.
  — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 30 Mar. 2018
• The process has included some positives to get him through all the tough days.
  — Charles Curtis, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2017
• Are there any positives the Cavs can take from the opening game loss?
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• But Guiterrez is doing his best to hold on to the positives that have come from the tragedy.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• Those have been a couple guys that have been positives for us.
  — Barry Jackson, miamiherald, 18 Dec. 2017
• All that matters is that the outcome is a net positive.
  — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 31 May 2018
• There were some positives for the group, particularly when the full slate of starters were in the game.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• Nelson, who gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings, was able to see the positives.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
• And on that front, there were positives and negatives in the Lakers’ first home game after the All-Star break.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
• On one hand, this feels like an overwhelming positive—a sign that the industry is flourishing.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024