How to Use misconstrue in a Sentence

misconstrue

verb

• And the flow between the two got misconstrued from time to time.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• Through a spokesperson, Roberts said the wave might have been misconstrued.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 22 May 2020
• So it was just misconstrued and taken way out of context.
  — Marissa G. Muller, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
• That’s the hardest to deal with, because sometimes you do get misconstrued.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 20 Oct. 2017
• Mispronounce the team’s name and it can be misconstrued as a sign of disrespect.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• These are now being misconstrued to tie Israel’s hands, with consequences for the West at large.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• Emoji can be easy to misconstrue, but words are a little more direct.
  — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 8 June 2022
• Reuters, the poll being cited by Trump in his claim, says its data is being misconstrued.
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 8 May 2018
• In addition, many doctors misconstrued the CDC guideline as a hard limit on dosage—even for long-term users.
  — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2019
• Most recently, there have been challenges from a low point in my past that have been brought up and severely misconstrued.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2024
• Which is why all the parsing and analysis should not be misconstrued as cancel culture.
  — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2020
• So doing it independently just gave us a lot more leeway to know that the film was gonna be ours and not misconstrued by someone else.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
• Moreno said the posts are inaccurate and misconstrue the nature of the urban planning framework.
  — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
• Jordan said Shaun’s role with him has been misconstrued at times by those outside the family circle.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2019
• But what if the nightmare scenarios that terrify Democrats misconstrue the threat?
  — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 25 Sep. 2020
• In short, their words were misconstrued and people confused their homesickness with disdain for the land from which their parents and culture hail .
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• TtDoT's first playable build cannot in any way be misconstrued as a silly or tasteless interpretation of the earliest days of the Nazi regime.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 11 June 2019
• Now, Reynolds insists that his comments were misconstrued.
  — Eileen Reslen, Country Living, 23 Mar. 2018
• At the same time, what requiring an immunization means is easy to misconstrue.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 May 2021
• The first sign of trouble should have been that Wen felt compelled to immediately tweet that the headline misconstrued her vision.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 July 2019
• These products are not to be misconstrued with compounded forms of their base molecules.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2023
• French diplomats, in damage control mode, stressed to reporters that Macron’s comments had been misconstrued.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
• But Besh believes Reveal misconstrued the intent of those methods.
  — Sean O'Kane, The Verge, 6 Nov. 2018
• So before his name is called on Thursday night, here are things to know about the quarterback that are often hidden or misconstrued within the public eye.
  — Luca Evans, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
• But both Paxton’s account and the social media posts misconstrued what happened with mail-in voting in Texas during the 2020 election.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
• But the kneeling thing really hurt because it was misconstrued.
  — Fox News, 25 May 2018
• So although China’s rise carries real challenges for the United States, its allies, and its partners, the threat should not be misconstrued.
  — Thomas J. Christensen, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2021
• What if one of the apocalypse campers had misconstrued the situation, leading to gunfire?
  — Geoffrey O’Brien, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• Zelenskiy, who took office last May, says his personnel changes have been misconstrued and have only one aim -- to get things done more quickly.
  — Volodymyr Verbyany, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020
• The other women appeared to deliberately misconstrue Williams’ need to make sure none of them were aligned with white supremacy.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 17 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024