Sentence examples for only be interpreted as from inspiring English sources

One father cited text messages from his son, which could "only be interpreted as desperately reaching out for help".

But (1) and (2) still differ with respect to the interpretation of their embedded complements: the embedded complement in (1) can only be interpreted as transparent, and this is not so for the embedded complement in (2).

This could only be interpreted as evidence of movement and renewal.

On his first day in office, Jonathan was visited by the American undersecretary of state in what can only be interpreted as a show of support.

Or can this only be interpreted as the most illuminating kind of satire of all that is, the kind that is real?

Yet why would a guest arrive with a gift that could only be interpreted as an invitation for the host to lose weight?

With the Packers arriving on the storm's heels, the sudden tundra-fication of Georgia can only be interpreted as a bad sign.

The failure of the government to send strong signals to perpetrators of politically motivated assault and to those promoting practices and behaviour that undermine women's wellbeing can only be interpreted as complicity in these very acts.

For Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars alike, this Eurovision prize could only be interpreted as a symbol of European solidarity with a country that has lost control of swaths of territory in the face of Russian aggression.

Now, in what can only be interpreted as a further cloud over freedom of speech, we have this inquiry by Lord Leveson to examine the "culture, practices and ethics of the press".

So hard, in fact, that when the truth was known the government's actions could only be interpreted as deception rather than delusion, and the incumbent Conservatives were defeated at the polls.