Negative has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “I answered the phone, ‘Connie, the results are in.’ I kind of held my breath for a second,” she recalled. “‘You're negative.’ ‘Negative?’ I couldn’t believe it.” | |
| 2. | Some people argue that technology has negative effects. | |
| 3. | Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative. | |
| 4. | The tuberculin reaction was negative. | |
| 5. | The economy recorded a negative growth. | |
| 6. | The results were negative. | |
| 7. | The results of the test were negative. | |
| 8. | The outlook was negative. | |
| 9. | To my surprise, her reply was flatly negative. | |
| 10. | My proposal met with a negative. |