Sentence examples for misconstrue as from inspiring English sources

They were smart, easily bored, and embarrassed by what they worried some might misconstrue as laziness, or mooching.

It can be argued, as Schmidt does, that "his politics, which some misconstrue as agrarian and anti-metropolitan, is an attempt, not appreciated by the empowered, to enfranchise those whom our systems of politics, education and belief tend to sideline and exclude".

What conservatives misconstrue as self-making is mastering the capacity to use resources during the years of development.

This can easily be misconstrued as rude.

Any excessive looking, whether it be glances or stares, could be misconstrued as aggressive.

Will my absence be misconstrued as disinterest?

Yet the crimes of such men are often misconstrued as symbolizing different problems.

Jenna has an accident early on that is misconstrued as a suicide attempt.

ROMNEY I've also made a list of phrases that could be misconstrued as offensive.

Frequent and impulsive status updates, she thinks, could be misconstrued as some character flaw.

The increase was so extreme that it could not be misconstrued as a negotiating ploy.