Constructive
"Constructive" in a Sentence (14 examples)
Your opinion is very constructive.
She has constructive ideas.
That's a constructive suggestion!
All you ever do is nitpick. I wish you could say something more constructive.
You should find a more constructive way of venting your anger.
Why don't you do something constructive for a change?
If you're looking for constructive criticism, know that there's never a shortage of people eager to give their opinions.
Marital arguments should always be constructive to a marriage.
Constructive criticism is always welcome.
Stop complaining so much, and do something constructive!
constructive dismissal
constructive notice
constructive trust
A President's power begins slipping away the moment it is known that he is going to leave: I had seen that in 1952, in 1960, in 1968. On the eve of my resignation I knew that my role was already a symbolic one, and that Gerald Ford's was now the constructive one. My telephone calls and meetings and decisions were now parts of a prescribed ritual aimed at making peace with the past; his calls, his meetings, and his decisions were already the ones that would shape America's future.
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