| Willfully to misinterpret a text is akin to attributing an action to the author that he did not commit. |
| Many early travellers in Sinai were both enchanted and challenged by the inscriptions, some attributing them to the Hebrews of the Exodus. |
| They regard others with suspicion, attributing ulterior motives to the most innocent behaviour. |
| When exposed to parental conflict, adolescents make cognitive appraisals, evaluating the threat of the conflict and attributing blame. |
| Ryley didn't think too much of it, attributing the changes to the fact that he was becoming acclimated to his new surroundings. |
| Projection, a psychological defense mechanism, consists of attributing to others those attitudes and motives that we ourselves harbor. |
