Sentence examples for multiple negatives from inspiring English sources

I struggle to understand this sentence, whose multiple negatives resist reduction to sense.

When it isn't, and multiple negatives are used simply for emphasis, it is called (by linguists) "negative concord".

He expresses simple ideas in weird, circumlocutory ways, showing special fondness for multiple negatives.

Such multiple negatives are easy to get wrong: they can end up saying the opposite of what the writer intended.

The line always gets a big hand, but it's a bit of a stretch all the same.Mr Kerry has a curious tolerance of multiple negatives.

But while a double negative may make a positive when you multiply minus three by minus two, language doesn't work in such a logical way: multiple negatives add emphasis.

Effectively, multiple negative correlations were found with cadmium, negatively affecting the abundance of 12% of the dominant species.

The economic crisis which struck Greece in 2010 had multiple negative economic and social effects and has probably negatively affected the functioning of democracy as well.

Chaining multiple negative feedback loops together should lead to a multiplicative improvement.

Unfortunately, these drugs have multiple negative side effects, including higher rates of cancer and infections.

Analysis of significant negative interaction patterns revealed Helicobacter to be a core node with multiple negative interactions with various genera.