Example sentences for: construed

How can you use “construed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The proliferation of printed media and the amount of text appearing on television screens these days requires a lot of writers; the problem is that writer is these days construed in its minimalist sense of a person who is literate: that is, a person who knows how to write but by no means necessarily a person who knows how to write .

  • The present study was observational and not randomized, and therefore associations should not be construed as causative.

  • Analysts construed the project as a coalition bid for mainstream credibility; the Washington Post portrayed it as a halfhearted repackaging of the coalition's standard fare.

  • The fact that Graham has found that citations for such usage exist (how old they may be is of little consequence) is not to be construed as evidence that they (necessarily) existed in sufficient profusion to warrant acceptance by the English-speaking populations.

  • Results could be misleading, for example, if the sample had a disproportion of individuals with serious medical or psychiatric problems, higher weight or greater social skill deficits, even if the sample is construed to be typical of those seen in similar practices.


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