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

By neat workmanship he could lift from negligences any reproach of negativeness and turn them into positive wounds.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca

Our general expression: That the state that is commonly and absurdly called "existence," is a flow, or a current, or an attempt, from negativeness to positiveness, and is intermediate to both.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

Beware of negativeness, by which we mean indigestion.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles