Sentence examples for a narrow reading from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a narrow reading" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an interpretation or understanding of something that is limited in scope or overly focused on specific details.
Example: "The author's argument suffers from a narrow reading of the text, failing to consider broader themes and contexts."
Alternatives: "a limited interpretation" or "a restricted view".

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But that is a narrow reading.

QUESTION FROM PETER LAROSE: I find your take on the Fourth Gospel as "chilly" to reflect a narrow reading.

But I think it's sophomoric to conclude, as a narrow reading of this evidence might, that Iowa does not matter at all for Republicans.

A third case, a sad battle over an adopted toddler whose biological father is part-Cherokee Indian, in theory turned on a narrow reading of custody rules.

The Drug Policy Alliance, a group that advocates more flexible drug laws, is asking the Justice Department to give the term "knowingly" a narrow reading.

The jury verdict, reached in the 10th day of deliberations, reflected a narrow reading of the events last fall that led to Andersen's indictment.

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In his dissent, Chief Justice Rehnquist agreed that the law, read broadly, was constitutionally troublesome but said that a narrower reading was more accurate.

It sounds, from the questions, that some justices were hoping for a narrower reading — Justice Scalia said that he was "a little disoriented".

Yet the Bush administration adopted a narrower reading of the appeals court decision -- more in line with the position of the Microsoft legal team and some legal experts.

Mr. Richmond said problems arose "when an authorizer relies on a very narrow reading" of the law.

To say that the disappointing results Kansas had with cutting taxes and attracting new business is an indictment of supply-side concepts is a very narrow reading of the facts.

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