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How do you use Construing in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Construing in a sentence

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Construing | Construed

Construing meaning

present participle and gerund of construe

Using Construing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of construe
  • In the example corpus, construing often appears in combinations such as: for construing, construing the.

Context around Construing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

falsely 1× began 1×

Often after:

pease 1× human 1×

Sentence patterns with Construing

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

analogy for construing the biblical 1× enemies falsely construing and disobeying 1× function for construing human experience 1× involved in construing the flux 1× speakers began construing pease as 1× systems for construing the world 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

act 2 l 1× but because people 1× however by analogy 1× ideational metafunction the 1× the experiential function 1× the permissive responsum 1×

Common sentence endings:

construing human experience 1× current social situation 1× of the clause 1× of the emperor 1× rabbinic in nature 1× the term pea 1×

Words around Construing

Just before it in the word index:

construed 121 construe 13 constructs 219 constructors 88 constructor 44 constructivists 2

Just after it in the word index:

construkction 2 consualia 3 consubstantial 3 consubstantiation 3 consuegra 3 consuelo 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Construing

  • In this selection, "construing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, falsely, began, pease and human stand out and add context to how "construing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include analogy for construing the biblical and enemies falsely construing and disobeying. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "construing" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with construing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Ideational metafunction The ideational metafunction is the function for construing human experience. (12 words)

The experiential function refers to the grammatical resources involved in construing the flux of experience through the unit of the clause. (21 words)

But because people are naive scientists, they sometimes employ systems for construing the world that are distorted by idiosyncratic experiences not applicable to their current social situation. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Act 2 L'Esilio (Exile) Before the prison Alamiro and his friends lament the fate of Belisarius, whose eyes have been put out by his enemies, falsely construing and disobeying the commands of the emperor. (35 words)

The permissive responsum on homosexuality used the Conservative movement's approach to Niddah as an analogy for construing the Biblical prohibition against male homosexual conduct narrowly and lifting restrictions it deemed Rabbinic in nature. (34 words)

However, by analogy with other plurals ending in -s, speakers began construing pease as a plural and constructing the singular form by dropping the -s, giving the term pea. (29 words)

Example sentences (6)

Act 2 L'Esilio (Exile) Before the prison Alamiro and his friends lament the fate of Belisarius, whose eyes have been put out by his enemies, falsely construing and disobeying the commands of the emperor.

But because people are naive scientists, they sometimes employ systems for construing the world that are distorted by idiosyncratic experiences not applicable to their current social situation.

However, by analogy with other plurals ending in -s, speakers began construing pease as a plural and constructing the singular form by dropping the -s, giving the term pea.

Ideational metafunction The ideational metafunction is the function for construing human experience.

The experiential function refers to the grammatical resources involved in construing the flux of experience through the unit of the clause.

The permissive responsum on homosexuality used the Conservative movement's approach to Niddah as an analogy for construing the Biblical prohibition against male homosexual conduct narrowly and lifting restrictions it deemed Rabbinic in nature.

Common combinations with construing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "construing" in a sentence?
An example: "Act 2 L'Esilio (Exile) Before the prison Alamiro and his friends lament the fate of Belisarius, whose eyes have been put out by his enemies, falsely construing and disobeying the commands of the emperor." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "construing" from authentic English texts.
What does "construing" mean?
Construing means: present participle and gerund of construe
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "construing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.