Use "affirmative" in a sentence

1. I nodded in the affirmative

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2. I answered in the affirmative and Louise went on undaunted:

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3. She couldn’t look at her step-father, knowing that if she did she would unravel, so she mumbled an affirmative and rushed out of the room, collected her school bag from the foot of the stairs and ran out of the house, her eyes brimming with tears

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4. Affirmative prayer is one of the more empowering types of prayer because you are affirming to the universe your belief that all will be well, instead of ―asking‖ for it to be so

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5. unravel, so she mumbled an affirmative and rushed out of the

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6. She makes a noise in the affirmative

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7. There was a chorus of affirmative cries from the crews to either

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8. His friends all answered in the affirmative, and so they went off to get some ice-cream

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9. Each and every one of the villagers answered in the affirmative

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10. Emma could barely see her from where she stood, but answered affirmative any way

11. The answer is affirmative as many sources have explained that even if the soul of the departed has reincarnated, there is still a part of it which remains in the other realm

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12. As our human body is mostly made up of water, using affirmative words in our daily speech would certainly have a significant impact on our well-being

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13. The answer to the aforementioned question is affirmative

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14. The affirmative thoughts communicate with our biological selves at cellular level i

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15. gets a few affirmative gestures in response

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16. There was an affirmative beep from the door and he heard the motorised clunk as the mechanism unlocked

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17. Affirmative action, anyone?

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18. Affirmative Action Baby who, in her dissertation at Princeton, failed to give mention to the many opportunities that America has afforded her, choosing to concentrate on presumed instances of less than equal treatment

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19. Is man infinitely perfectible? John Dewey would, with his half-baked ideas on socialization rather than education, would undoubtedly have answered in the affirmative

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20. I would also note that the same people who support affirmative action programs at the University of Michigan would in all likelihood have no compunctions about preserving the right of, for example, Howard University, to maintain an entirely black student body

21. I mumbled something else that must have passed for an affirmative answer, as she left with a cheery laugh

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22. With the carriers who came into Fumsu later, was an intelligent Houssa, and on my asking if he noticed the grave by the road, he at once replied in the affirmative, adding that three men were filling it when he passed

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23. Use affirmative statements

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24. It leaders will need to provide comprehensive guidelines articulating its position on abortion, assisted suicide, affirmative action, civil rights, conservation, environmental and family issues, education and the death penalty, among a number of issues of immediate concern to many blue collar voters disheartened with ―business as usual‖ establishmentarians seated across both sides of the political aisle who seem to have forgotten the voters that elected them into public office or the reasons why they were elected to begin with

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25. The answer was a pretty positive affirmative, albeit with reservations

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26. He nodded in the affirmative

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27. The Adj nodded affirmative

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28. affirmative wisdom that is the basis of all noble living

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29. Colling suspected that the Panowie was not happy that his neighbor might also be coming into some American dollars through the sale of his wagon, but grudgingly, Weizescie answered in the affirmative

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30. “We’ve got a big affirmative on that one

31. That attitude is to throw blacks the bone of affirmative action “if you’ll just let us reduce you to your race so we can take moral authority for ‘helping’ you

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32. replied in the affirmative and I couldn’t wait

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33. report stated that the truth about affirmative action is finally out

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34. Shortly after we got going on the RCA account, the company was the first advertising agency to be hit with the government’s Affirmative Action program

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35. A small affirmative shake of his head was all that Moshe would allow himself as his almost giddy mind tried to absorb the import of what he’d just heard

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36. “Yes, yours and ours too!” added Benjamin, as Naaman nodded in the affirmative then asked, “But what will we do about Azareel and Rimmon?”

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37. He was grinning, but there was enough steel in his voice to prompt most of those watching to spontaneously answer him, and firmly in the affirmative in every case

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38. A small affirmative shake of his head was all that Moshe would allow himself as his almost

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39. “Yes, yours and ours too!” added Benjamin, as Naaman nodded in the affirmative then asked,

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40. When Rick answered in the affirmative she told him the story of the Cloete family and he said that a brother most probably inherited the farm from the murdered Cloete farmer

41. simple affirmative you would think

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42. ” (Italics mine) Out of this mind-set developed the concept of racial preferences (affirmative action) and other anti-individualist schemes

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43. The gradual undermining of rugged individualism, character, and independence has been in part successful by the slow but consistent elimination of the educational background of the reasons for founding this great country, and the conscious erosion of stability by their 1) ‘moral relativism,’ 2) the push for affirmative action for minorities, and 3) the rights of groups over the rights of individuals

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44. But those statements included agreement with embodied positions held by the Democrats, such as being for affirmative action

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45. Swann asked Brixby if he wanted to testify next, and got an angry affirmative

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46. "Affirmative, I'll give her the order

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47. " The computer confirmed his order with an affirmative beep

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48. I doubt it was intentional but it may have been prevented had the jailer‘s obese affirmative action supervisor been doing his job

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49. Rather than waddle his fat lazy affirmative action ass off somewhere to do what he is paid for he just sits on it

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50. Replying in the affirmative back to Central"s request, it sounded almost

51. in the affirmative as he showed me the front page of the morning paper

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52. I answered in the affirmative and received a flicker of a smile in return

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53. Hearing the affirmative, I returned moments later with a rum and coke in a long

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54. It was in our affirmative kisses that he felt he had

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55. He gave a quick affirmative answer, and although I have not seen him since, I

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56. When asked if he were the Son of God, he instantly and unequivocally answered in the affirmative

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57. "With a Sigma drug the answer is in the affirmative

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58. The man is in the car and he's driving" and questions in affirmative form with rising intonation e

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59. I nodded in the affirmative and then gently pawed Alejandro"s hands

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60. I answered in the affirmative

61. Vlad nodded in the affirmative and then waited for our ice

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62. Comrade and I nodded in the affirmative then waited for

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63. With a tear in her eye, Amanda replied in the affirmative

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64. Lezura was about to respond with an affirmative “No”, but then thought worked its way in her brain

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65. Upon getting a reply in the affirmative, he

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66. that I was answering in the affirmative

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67. Toby and I nodded in the affirmative then we walked over to

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68. I nodded in the affirmative, as I was willing to do just

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69. affirmative indicating that he had concurred with me

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70. I nodded my head in the affirmative then took a deep

71. Seeing that Universal was proposing her an interview date at the end of next week, with all travel expenses paid, Nancy wrote down an affirmative answer, then pushed the

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72. My mother responded in the affirmative then licked the palm

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73. I gave him an affirmative response to his question

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74. She answered in the affirmative

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75. Thankfully, she answered in the affirmative

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76. Chip nodded in the affirmative

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77. We nodded in the affirmative

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78. I relished the moment and pondered the implications to an affirmative on His question

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79. After he answered in the affirmative I told him what

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80. Robby nodded his head indicating an affirmative response

81. I responded in the affirmative, and then thanked Tiny for

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82. Hello again Ted, would you like something to eat or drink, let the record show Mr Carr shook his head in the negative, just a few more questions to clear up a few things, you say that the Nissan vehicle, registration four nine three Jay Kay Why does not belong to you but to a Doctor Crippen who lent it to you, is that correct, let the record show that the suspect nodded in the affirmative, now Ted, you say Doctor Crippen works at the Royal Hospital, let the record show that the suspect again nodded in the affirmative, you say Mr Carr, that you have never met the murder victim, Mr Mario Cruz

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83. There were several seconds of silence before the faint but distinct sound of tinkling glass became perfectly clear, as if in an affirmative response to the request for assistance, and grew slowly louder to draw their attention to the crystal chandelier above the table that was shaking gently and creating the almost-musical sound they now heard

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84. He waited expectantly for an affirmative response

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85. the room until he had heard an affirmative ‘yes’ from each one of us

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86. To which, this time, the group answered loudly in the affirmative, “YES, SIR!”

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87. Sergei answered in the affirmative, which meant that he had already killed the engineer and the mechanics on night watch

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88. and an affirmative vote from a Maynwaring would be a real confidence

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89. possible? The answer to both questions is affirmative

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90. The tone in her voice and the implications of an affirmative response left him only one possible way to react

91. “I’m going to the hospital shortly to check on him,” Wickland said, evading a response in the affirmative to Higgins’s demand

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92. the subject loses the power of significant affirmative action and becomes a

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93. When I heard those positive affirmative responses of Mr

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94. all shake their heads in the affirmative

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95. answering in the affirmative

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