Sentence examples for construed to hold from inspiring English sources

The definition of a Munchausen mom has devolved into a "manipulative person who seeks attention from somebody who can be construed to hold power".

The philosophers David B. Allison and Mark S. Roberts note, in their book "Disordered Mother or Disordered Diagnosis?," that the definition of a Munchausen mom has devolved into "a manipulative person who seeks attention from somebody who can be construed to hold power of some kind: that is, probably, anybody".

In order to avoid declaring the provision unconstitutional, the court held that it "must be construed to apply only to expenditures for communications that, in express terms advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for federal office".

In part it might be construed to have been a political move.

Like the Federal Constitution, the Virginia Bill of Rights, in §17, states that the listing of certain rights is not to be construed to exclude other rights held by the people.

But I realized later that what he had said could be construed to mean almost anything.

"We were doing nothing that can in any way be construed to be illegal," she said.

Mr. Chapman, the American envoy, made remarks construed to be a rebuke.

The best design professionals' houses are purely personal — not construed to woo or wow clients.

Meanwhile, the kinematic viscosity values are construed to affect CO and UHC concentrations.

The ISDA definition includes 'failure to pay', which can be construed to include a technical default.