Sentence examples for misconstrued in the from inspiring English sources

This is said to be condescending when used to describe black public figures.* I defended Biden then, because what he said at the time was badly misconstrued in the press.

Padel, issuing an apology at the Hay festival today, said: "I apologise to Derek Walcott for doing something which could be misconstrued in the context of a large campaign which had nothing to do with me and which I did not know about…" She doesn't sound at all academic; she sounds like a posh Vicky Pollard.

A week later, Zoeller was on to the apology portion of the tour, telling CNN: "My comments were not intended to be racially derogatory, and I apologize for the fact that they were misconstrued in that fashion".

Golly, even that innocent remark could be misconstrued in these complicated times) 41 min: Drogba draws a foul near the right-hand corner flag.

ST. LOUIS — In all the confusion regarding the string of names that were botched and misconstrued in Game 5 of the World Series on Monday, the only one that was accurately conveyed from the dugout to the bullpen was the one that Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa and many others have had the most trouble pronouncing.

Of these, the first derives from the principle of fairness; the second may be a misconstrued version of the same principle, but misconstrued in such a way that renders many of the arguments raised against it irrelevant.

Oculus did clarify to Gizmodo earlier this week that language in the ToS was being misconstrued in regards to ownership rights of user-created content, but didn't respond to other concerns.

"I regret that the speech was misconstrued in certain sections, but it was not my intention," Mr Jaitley told reporters.

Sara: How is the issue of acceptance misconstrued in society today?

Even Stein has been misconstrued: in her famous quote, she was talking about the loss of her Oakland family, not the city itself.

Throughout history, the Big O has been misconstrued in multiple ways.