CONSTRUE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for CONSTRUE, such as:
1. We are taught to construe these terms in a particular way.
2. Now as he heard her words, he construed them in his own fashion.
3. What may seem helpful behaviour to you can be construed as interference by others.
4. I construed this remark into an indication of a wish that he should have my place, so I blushingly offered to resign it.
5. Since the day when he gave her the green bonnet, Rhett had made no advances which could in any way be construed as those of a lover.
2. Now as he heard her words, he construed them in his own fashion.
3. What may seem helpful behaviour to you can be construed as interference by others.
4. I construed this remark into an indication of a wish that he should have my place, so I blushingly offered to resign it.
5. Since the day when he gave her the green bonnet, Rhett had made no advances which could in any way be construed as those of a lover.
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Meanings and Examples of CONSTRUE
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construe
v. make sense of; assign a meaning to
Classic Sentence:
1 Heyward paused, for he knew not how to construe the remarkable expression that gleamed across the swarthy features of the attentive Indian.
2 I construed this remark into an indication of a wish that he should have my place, so I blushingly offered to resign it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
3 Now as he heard her words, he construed them in his own fashion.
4 Since the day when he gave her the green bonnet, Rhett had made no advances which could in any way be construed as those of a lover.
5 Every line that could possibly be interpreted into a secret inclination for war, was carefully avoided; while, on the other hand, he studied those conceits that might be construed into amity.
Example Sentence:
1 We are taught to construe these terms in a particular way.
2 What may seem helpful behaviour to you can be construed as interference by others.