How to Use misinterpret in a Sentence

misinterpret

verb

• He claims that his statements have been misinterpreted by the media.
• Her silence should not be misinterpreted as consent.
• The problem: many people misinterpret the cone as the size of the future storm.
  — Jessica Hullman, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2019
• Someone might misinterpret him as a man who doesn’t play by the rules.
  — Washington Post, 12 July 2020
• Harder told the Guardian that the initial claims in the suit had been misinterpreted.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 12 Apr. 2017
• Just don’t go too snarky on the jokes in case they're misinterpreted.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 28 May 2019
• The passage was misinterpreted by scholars in the mid-1900s, and over time the apocryphal tale was born.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2018
• Some readers, fooled by its up-to-date style, misinterpret it as a piece of reportage.
  — Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2019
• Regardless of how — and why — others are now choosing to misinterpret the past, that is the truth.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• This isn't the first time a song has been used against an artist's wishes or misinterpreted as part of a campaign.
  — Allyson Chiu, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
• Or, they are lost souls who have misinterpreted the meaning and love behind the faith.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2018
• Guiao said in his email to me that the audit is being misinterpreted by some.
  — Mark Naymik, cleveland.com, 1 June 2017
• There is a tendency to misinterpret the worst effects of a nor’easter.
  — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
• The laws in question are complex and easy to misinterpret or distort.
  — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• The book misinterprets the causes of growth in another way.
  — Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2012
• Just like many of my paintings are often misinterpreted, the same goes with my show.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
• This is just one of the voice examples, but there were others like a timid, mousey girl that could be misinterpreted, too.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 27 June 2018
• The Common Core was intended to change that, Wexler said, but in many places it has been misinterpreted.
  — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2019
• Despite the increasing prevalence of the term, the nebulous nature of the Metaverse has caused many to misinterpret the term.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2021
• In its appeal, the state argued Benitez had misinterpreted the law and the Supreme Court’s guidance on such laws in Bruen.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Green then responded to a post from Skip Bayless, who seemed to misinterpret a quote from Green on his podcast.
  — oregonlive, 20 June 2022
• Clay took Ani out on a dinner date that was misinterpreted as a study session.
  — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• The Mai Tai alone is viewed as a classic cocktail, though one that has been widely misinterpreted throughout the years.
  — Kevin Hopper, idahostatesman, 2 June 2018
• Jay and Phil share a fun, final awkward bonding moment when Phil misinterprets Jay and tries to spoon him.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2020
• Still, some stroke patients seemed to misinterpret the guidance.
  — Emily Baumgaertner, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• The defense of these jokes is inevitably that they are misinterpreted.
  — Elysha Chang, GQ, 24 Oct. 2017
• Every good love story has a moment in which the precious ingénue, blind to the complexities of the world, misinterprets the lover's move.
  — Wired, 16 Sep. 2019
• The state report blames some of the troubles at the school on a staff so motivated to help students reach their goals that rules were bent and laws misinterpreted.
  — Diana Lambert, sacbee, 3 July 2018
• From reading scripts for stereotypes, to going frame-by-frame to review Super Bowl commercials for anything that could be misinterpreted, to educating teams on cultural symbols, colors and phrases.
  — Doug Melville, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Conservative activists searching for traces of voter fraud are seizing on posts made on social media misinterpreting Michigan’s voter file.
  — Samuel J. Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024