Sentence examples for to construe from inspiring English sources
verb
To interpret or explain the meaning of something.
- The world must construe according to its wits
With a wryness that belies her years, she does manage to construe one positive.
"Terror", as Martinez de las Rivas seems to construe it, is the condition of consciousness.
The canon of constitutional doubt advises courts to construe statutes so as to avoid constitutional questions.
"There are many different ways to construe average salaries, but this is an honest estimate".
(d) to construe the laws I sign in a Presidential way.
Yet Indian courts frequently consult English decisions in order to construe sections of the code.
But it would be a mistake to construe them as hollow".
But Mr. Wilkinson's remarks are hard to construe as raising questions about Mr. Clarke's personal life.
One of the few natural ways to construe this connection is in terms of simple causation.
The language was legal boilerplate, reserving the right to construe the legislation only as it was consistent with the Constitution.
Nonetheless, the state is urging the justices to construe the law as if it applied only to "intact D & X".
