How to Use misconstrue in a Sentence

misconstrue

verb
  • In soft hands, it can be misconstrued as being nice.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Which, by the way, is also being misconstrued.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • These silos are misconstrued as data products by most.
    — Akash M Dubey, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But for others, this stability is misconstrued as a sign that effort is no longer needed.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Brown said there have been things misconstrued about the team’s decision, but the Ravens won’t comment on them publicly.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Showing leadership is a good way to build alliances, but if misconstrued for over-confidence, the whole group could turn on you.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And there are those who misconstrue a factual anecdote for boastfulness.
    — Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
  • When Sun’s teacher rejects him for misconstruing his lessons, there’s an aria weighted down with regret.
    — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Though Lowth voiced no hard and fast rule against it, many a grammar maven later misconstrued his advice as an admonition.
    — Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Hundreds of issues are ignored or misconstrued because people are not presented with enough facts.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Knox’s first interview with the police was without a translator and many of her statements appeared to be misconstrued.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But it definitely got misconstrued and perceived in a different way.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The Pentagon says media outlets are misconstruing the new rules.
    — Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the viral videos and social media posts have misconstrued publicly available information.
    — David Ingram, NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
  • That reminds me a lot of the ways footage or stories around trans people and their actions in the world can be distorted and misconstrued and twisted in a different way to work against us.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Sherman misconstrued my letter.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • Offer an in-state car the right of way, don’t misconstrue exhaustion for attitude, and recognize that your getaway is in someone’s backyard.
    — Erin Vivid Riley, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Some people may have misconstrued that as clear evidence that Guardiola, and City, have accepted the title race is over.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Every time a Spurs coach or player said something nice about Austin, it got misconstrued as a veiled shot at San Antonio.
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But no matter the intent, intent can be right, but when things get misconstrued or however the media wants to portray it, that leaves a void of silence and a lot of questions for the guys on our team.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The first lady’s claim that feminism made women put career over family, to the nation’s detriment, misconstrued what feminism means.
    — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 13 May 2026
  • Jamie Lee Curtis claims her emotional response to Charlie Kirk’s death was misconstrued.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Unfortunately, this misconstrued species name stuck.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
  • But no matter the intent — the intent can be right, but when things get misconstrued, or however the media wants to portray it, that leaves a void of silence and a lot of questions for the guys on our team.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Kimmel was later restored to air and apologized for the way in which his comments, which seemed to imply Kirk's killer was conservative, may have been misconstrued.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • His status as an orphan, a tea boy, both made his presence possible and humiliated him, for his presence could not be misconstrued, must be exceptional.
    — Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The company’s current owners maintain its work has been misconstrued and that the charges against its former executives were unjustified.
    — ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Over 50 people, including Churchill’s grandson, signed a letter saying Cammock had misconstrued the facts in her video.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026
  • In retrospect Winnie realizes it was misconstrued.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In his group’s petition to the Supreme Court, Stockton argued the district court and Ninth Circuit misconstrued the law.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 May 2026

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