Example Sentences

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“If he was on a roster right now, all this negativeness and divisiveness could be turned into a positive,” Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Chris Long said at the meeting.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2018

When I figured out what was going on, I realized that the negativeness in my performance was the numbers of EU summits.

From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2011

The distinctive character of Life, therefore, is that it is Positive and not Negative; and every degree of negativeness, that is, every limitation, is ultimately traceable to deficiency of Life-power.

From The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science by Troward, T. (Thomas)

There were more questions which he was longing to ask, but the cold negativeness of her manner chilled him.

From The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

In her quiet, graceful walk, the very reserve, the negativeness, so to speak, of her coloring, her speech, her looks, she still represented to him an insoluble enigma.

From The Golden Web by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)