Example Sentences

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Miller, that had construed the amendment as protecting gun ownership only in connection with service in long-antiquated state militias.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2020

But Sessions criticized this approach as a senator, asserting that the agency had construed Cole too leniently.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2017

The majority did not pass on the validity of the Chicago ordinance; it objected instead to the way the trial judge had construed the ordinance in his instructions to the jury.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was in this way that she had construed his answer when they parted all that time ago.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

To say the truth, doubts had come over his mind as to whether he had construed Marie de Clairvaut's conduct rightly.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)