INTERPRETATION in a Sentence

Learn INTERPRETATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
111 example sentences for INTERPRETATION, such as:
1. He interpreted a difficult passage in a book.
2. Her interpretation of his words disillusioned him.
3. This rule does not allow of more than one interpretation.
4. One possible interpretation is that they want you to resign.
5. I took issue with him over his interpretation of the instructions.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of INTERPRETATION
interpretation
 n.  the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
 n.  an explanation that results from interpreting something
Classic Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
1  They conversed with one another through the means of an interpreter, and sometimes with the interpretation of looks; and Safie sang to him the divine airs of her native country.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  And never had Hester Prynne appeared more ladylike, in the antique interpretation of the term, than as she issued from the prison.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
3  However novel and peculiar this testimony of attachment, I did not doubt the accuracy of the interpretation.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII
4  The idea of a duel had never crossed her mind, and so she put a different interpretation on this passing expression of hardness.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 22
5  Whatever she did she knew would be observed by her husband, and the worst interpretation put on it.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 14
6  The critic had undoubtedly put an interpretation upon the book which could not possibly be put on it.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 1
7  After La Trobe had been excruciated by the Rector's interpretation, by the maulings and the manglings of the actors.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
8  And this once admitted, an absolutely dark interpretation of her act towards his mother was no longer forced upon him.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
9  I met the eye of the Psychologist, and read my own interpretation in his face.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In II
10  So watching, I began to put my interpretation upon the things I had seen, and as it shaped itself to me that evening, my interpretation was something in this way.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
11  To save himself he had the habit of leaving his flattery open to the interpretation of raillery.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
12  Her interpretation of his words disillusioned him.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
13  "Yes," looked the invalid, his eye beaming with delight at the ready interpretation of his meaning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 59. The Will.
14  They are expressed in the most plain and simple terms, wherein those people are not mercurial enough to discover above one interpretation: and to write a comment upon any law, is a capital crime.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII.
15  Then our talk turned to the interpretation of the seven pillars and steps of the Temple, the seven sciences, the seven virtues, the seven vices, and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1  This rule does not allow of more than one interpretation.
2  In the final analysis, humour is a matter of individual interpretation.
3  In practice, this law is often given a wide interpretation by the police.
4  The Supreme Court has validated the lower court's interpretation of the law.
5  I took issue with him over his interpretation of the instructions.
6  One possible interpretation is that they want you to resign.
7  Classification, analysis, and substantive interpretation are all subject to the particular perspective of the researcher.
8  The wording of this section of the contract is open to interpretation.
9  Certainly Shostakovich was lucky to work in a wordless abstract medium, where interpretation is strongly subjective.
10  General Kazantsev said the interpretation of the leaflets air-dropped on Grozny on Monday, telling civilians to leave or face destruction, was all wrong.
11  There is bound to be a lot of argument over their exact interpretation, says paleontologist Ian Tattersall of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
12  His action was interpreted as constituting a threat to the community.
13  It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
14  He interpreted a difficult passage in a book.
15  The term 'business' is here interpreted broadly to include all types of organization in the public and private sectors.