Sentence examples for constructive tried from inspiring English sources

Indeed, it is hard to find an instance these past six years when the Republicans have even tried to be constructive, tried to address our national problems.

Giving feedback on a person's personality - Rather than say, "You're so negative and I find it really hard to deal with you," which is hurtful and not constructive, try turning this into a constructive criticism by letting the person know how their behavior affects you.

"But the Democrats, rather than being constructive, are trying to box us in".

"The only kind of surprise we had was that almost all comments made by readers were very positive and constructive in trying to offer support for distressed bloggers," Dr. Barak wrote in an e-mail.

It would also be constructive to try adding an aforementioned narrow-phase microarchitecture [29, 30].

Many VC's are both ignorant AND arrogant – an unpleasant combination and not constructive when trying to incubate the next Google".

So when you do get constructive feedback, try to take it with a positive attitude.

In other words, constructive criticism tries to encourage positive change, whereas destructive criticism works to bring someone down.

If you make the speech to a friend and the friend offers constructive criticism, try to be open to what he or she has to say.

Even if they didn't provide it in a constructive way, try to figure out how you can use this experience to become a better writer and/or editor.

Davis tried being constructive, telling players they had talent but were unwilling to use it.