There are both positive and negative uses of the phrase.

It is important to make positive use of whatever data are available.

When a parking lot is the most positive new use you can come up with, I think we're in big trouble.

There is a very positive use of this digital technology in television.

So it has had very positive uses in the past.

But you have learned to turn that anger to positive use- and I had nothing to do with that.

Sleeping on was possibly the only positive use these stupid machines were ever put to.

"There's no question that good and positive use pushes away the negative stuff," he said.

This enables the person to make changes that will allow more positive use of energy.

The President should make creative and positive use of his veto.