Sentence examples for we could construe from inspiring English sources

Perhaps, with some effort, we could construe this as good news?

Some people could construe the series as slightly misogynist, but we think it makes a cogent statement against people who shit at crowded bars.

The pure-minded could construe it to mean that Mr. Bloomberg has a fondness for lollipops.

An unkind observer could construe it to resemble the wax on a bottle in a Calabrian restaurant.

It warns that Iran could construe assassinations as acts of war and use them to justify retaliation.

The players, therefore, could construe their donation as a form of savings, an exotic version of a 401(k) plan.

The officer took the sign away, saying Harrison was entitled to his beliefs but that the US secret service "could construe this as a threat against President Obama".

Among the things said about Linnaeus at the Botanical Garden in the Bronx was this: "The terminology he used, you could construe as botanical pornography".

Another uncertainty involves the town's decision not to do an environmental impact statement on the possible effects of the proposal, which courts could construe as an omission.

Whether that was a then little-understood dig at Gawker isn't clear, but one could construe it that way.

A bootstrapped company without such advantages might not have gotten off as easy, which some could construe as Google playing favorites.