misconstrue

The failure in the Cornell case lies with members who misconstrue the values that make fraternities great, not the students at thousands of fraternity chapters across the country who uphold them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

And when a stock has been tumbling, it’s tempting to misconstrue a bit of good news for a change in trade.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

Swain emphasized that he didn’t want any surfers to misconstrue the intensity of the storm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

“People misconstrue critiques — and booing — as we’re bad and ungrateful people,” DeCamara said.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022

“Explanation will do for another time,” thought I. Still, when I reached my chamber, I felt a pang at the idea she should even temporarily misconstrue what she had seen.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

This assertion also misconstrues the facts, according to KFF.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

“Alberta’s position on this misconstrues the purpose of the buyback program,” Mendicino said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022

An Uber spokesperson said in a statement that the "complaint misconstrues both the facts and the applicable law and we intend to defend ourselves accordingly."

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022

“The film grossly misconstrues the basic nature of man,” the material read.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2016

Does it make us persevere in doing good in spite of ingratitude; and only pity the ignorance, or prejudice, or malice, which misrepresents our conduct, or misconstrues our motives?

From A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by William Wilberforce

Previous military ruler Ne Win changed the rules of the road, requiring vehicles to swap driving lanes -- supposedly the result of misconstrued astrological advice to shift his left-wing regime to the political right.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

In the end, Kimmel prevailed, returning to his show with an emotional monologue that detailed his suspension, how he felt his words were misconstrued and the importance of free speech.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

I think that’s exactly what’s happened here, deliberately misconstrued facts to try to come up with a case.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

He had claimed people held grudges and insisted he was a "good priest," saying the accusations were misconstrued and part of a conspiracy, said Det Con Renwick.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

To Adams, on the other hand, he claimed that his remarks on the Davila essays had been misconstrued, that he was actually “not referring to any writing that I might suppose to be yours.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

He said he had no intention to attack any individual or political party, and that anyone who claimed he was attacking a specific party was misconstruing his words.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

"The media ended up misconstruing what I said when they asked me if I had seen my brother," she said on Oct.

From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2021

It's a false claim that was quickly fact-checked by co-host Sara Haines, who tried to explain that she was misconstruing the importance of getting personal protective equipment to hospitals and healthcare workers.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2020

Frances O'Grady said ministers had been wrong to criticise the public for misconstruing "contradictory" advice.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2020

This time I’m also certain I’m not misconstruing friendship for romance like I did with Sophia.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson