Sentence examples for but i interpreted from inspiring English sources

My parents wanted me to lose weight so that I could avoid future pain, but I interpreted it as punishment.

Peter flies quite close to the ground, but I interpreted a stencil of a monkey meditating on a mountaintop on the plane as a good luck charm.

But I interpreted the groans among the viewers in my living room as a sign that patriotism had just become officially overexposed.

A girl threw a snowball at me, but I interpreted this as a playful gesture and responded accordingly, clutching my groin and wagging my tongue.

As with Du Maurier's Rebecca, it is clear why some critics regard it as overblown, but I interpret its more gothic elements as intensity rather than excess.

It may be the Irish Catholic in me, but I interpret these letters as signs of a great love between Joyce and Nora, proof of a wonderful sexual freedom in their relationship that made its way into the very core of "Ulysses" and appeared in more mysterious ways in "Finnegans Wake".

"I don't know that I could call it overt prejudice, but I interpret it as a societal lack of comfort.

But I interpret it to mean that divorce is just fine and not a problem.

But I interpret it this way -- while he was ensconced in a secure, non-challenging marriage, Mel remained calm.

I literally could not find a definition of that term on the Internet, but I interpret it to mean accepting all body types as beautiful and good.

Well-known actress Jennifer Lawrence has been in the spotlight lately because she supports what we are calling "body positivity". I literally could not find a definition of that term on the Internet, but I interpret it to mean accepting all body types as beautiful and good.