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

Robert Wachter, chair of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, said people can easily misconstrue the CDC five-day guidance as a personal assurance of no longer being contagious.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 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

And it misconstrues the relative importance and economic power of New Orleans and Houston.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2017

Meanwhile Lucy Woodrow had experienced another shock, and had been afforded some idea of the cheerful readiness with which a censorious world misconstrues our amiable intentions, and imputes selfish motives to the most disinterested missioner.

From In the Roaring Fifties by Edward Dyson

"It shouldn't ever be misconstrued as clinical trial data, or double-blind, placebo-controlled, peer-reviewed data. It is just meant as a starting point to be able to garner support for future studies."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

She posted a simple question, and her thank-you to the first person who answered was misconstrued as sarcastic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Analysts suggest that the perceived deceleration in GMV growth is misconstrued, especially when excluding Walmart volumes.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

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

Kathy wondered if her husband, who did not at that point have any gay friends or family members, might want to change the logo, to keep their message from being misconstrued.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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

Cantil-Sakauye also warned against misconstruing the decision as “an affirmative determination by this court that under the law, bumblebees are fish.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

"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

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