Example Sentences

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I recognise how some people have construed this as me seeking to avoid sanction — at no point was that the intention or outcome.

From BBC • May 24, 2023

But how does taking a “mental health day,” which Americans traditionally have construed as a “winkwink, nudge-nudge” excuse for playing hooky, improve mental health?

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

The courts have construed that injunction generally to require release within 20 days.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2018

Many in the alternative investment community have construed my comments to mean that I oppose all alternative investments.

From Forbes • Jun. 3, 2014

Maud would have been of the same opinion—and wouldn't have construed the fosy.

From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Bierce, Ambrose