Sentence examples for negative statement from inspiring English sources

The phrase "negative statement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or a lack of affirmation.
Example: "In the context of the debate, the candidate's negative statement about the opponent's policies raised concerns among the audience."
Alternatives: "contradictory statement" or "dissenting statement."

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It's just not nice to start off this holiday with such a negative statement.

"Edwards responded to Kerry's negative statement by saying, 'Well, I wouldn't put it that way.

Ironically, this is actually an exceptionally negative statement about the strength of the American labour market.

"If someone said, 'You're a good boy,' is that a positive or negative statement?" Sayyid was asked.

" 'I will not eat dessert,' is a negative statement that might easily be ignored by the unconscious mind," the book says.

This was a bold negative statement – a statement of what his novels aren't – but when it came to defining what they are, he was less explicit.

Mr. Negroponte noted that "Iraq made a pretty negative statement of their own, but even theirs was not as strident and vitriolic as the Cuban statement".

My own F.B.I. file includes a copy of a negative statement I made about the Vietnam War provided by an unnamed source.

But obstetricians have become increasingly wary of signing with home-birth midwives since the Congress of Obstetricians put out its strongly negative statement in 2008, the midwives said.

Again, I took the drawings as my starting point, re-imagined the captions, and in so doing caged a negative statement as a positive question.

But Garber was quick to say that "this was not a negative statement about Fox Soccer, it's a positive statement about NBC Sports and its newly branded network.

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