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"Instead" in a Sentence (13 examples)
I may give up soon and just nap instead.
I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you.
The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.
I would like you to go instead of me.
Will you drink wine instead of milk?
Instead of taking a rest, he worked much harder than usual.
Instead of going to school, he stayed at home.
I have to do my homework instead of going out.
I'd like a room facing the ocean instead.
We planted peanuts instead of cotton.
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I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
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