Whenever he speaks in metaphors, she misconstrues his meaning and offers solutions that miss the point.

Her misconstruing of his casual remark led to an awkward silence at dinner.

By misconstruing her silence, he assumed she agreed to the plan.

Her casual remark was misconstrued as criticism, which made the meeting tense.

Don't misconstrue my questions as criticism; I'm trying to help.

The committee's repeated misconstruals of the policy led to costly delays and confusion.

Her comment was meant to be constructive, but a misconstrual by several team members led to unnecessary tension.

Her brief comment was misconstruable, so she followed up with a clarification.

The speaker ignored the misconstruers who twisted his words to fit their own agendas.

A misconstruer turned her colleague's joke into an office-wide controversy.