Instead

Examples

• They have a kind of hard flints, which, by grinding against other stones, they form into instruments, that serve instead of wedges, axes, and hammers. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• No, I have nothing to give you instead, he said, sitting up and turning so that he faced her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He gets worse instead of better, I think,' said the elder lady. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Instead she insisted that he accept, and, indeed, take her with him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• At immense personal sacrifice I followed the dictates of my own ingenuity, my own humanity, my own caution, and took her identity instead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Instead he let him remain in his dungeon in the Bastille, where he died in 1589. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I accordingly assembled my troop, and proposed to them this retrograde movement, instead of the continuation of our journey to Auxerre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Stephenson laid down new rails at Killingworth with half-lap joints, or extending over each other for a certain distance at the ends, instead of the butt joints that were formerly used. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Instead of letting go he drew her closer to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• One would think we were going into danger, the way you talk, said Roylands impatiently, instead of a pleasant cruise in Greek waters. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• But instead, he crossed the lawn and turned toward the box-garden. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• As if you had anything to make you unhappy, instead of everything to make you happy, you ungrateful heart! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I should have preferred writing my report, instead of communicating it by word of mouth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Instead her eyes warned me to beware the sleeping figures that surrounded her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It seemed to Fred that if Mr. Farebrother had had a beak and talons instead of his very capable tongue, his mode of attack could hardly be more cruel. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Instead, he walked toward the bench, and, sinking down upon it, remained lost in deep thought for hours. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Instead he grasped his friend's arm and hastened him forward in the direction of the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I naturally inquired why he was not there too, instead of pacing the streets by himself? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Instead of applying the test of human need, they apply a verbal and logical consistency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Now the operator has to adjust himself to his machine, instead of his tool to his own purposes. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Subsequent changes involved the rotating of the cylinder instead of the wheels and many modifications in the form of the wheels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Donnez-moi la main, said he, and the spite and jealousy melted out of his face, and a generous kindliness shone there instead. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Later, the bowl became more pointed, the drop was replaced by a tongue, and the handle, after 1760, instead of slightly curving to the front at the end, reversed the position. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Then I became a young vagabond; and instead of one old woman knocking me about and starving me, everybody of all ages knocked me about and starved me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Or why had not she rather gone to her own room, as she had felt to be safest, instead of attending the rehearsal at all? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The winter remained mild for an unusually long time--he could have escaped; but instead he remained in Moscow, making impossible plans, at a loss. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Look what they have instead of game. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• They may be all burnt up, observed Mrs Dengelton in a sepulchral tone; and instead of Rudolph I may meet a cinder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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