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Sentences starting with instead

Instead of burying yourself in a convent, you, whom so many desire, would do better to beckon to one of your admirers and bestow on him the happiness of which the other was not worthy. [10]
Instead of the yearning for John, of which Wolf had spoken and she, blind fool, believed, he thought of him with petty fears of the claims by which he might injure his favoured brother. [10]
Instead of neatly written labels, living lips told us their names. [10]
Instead of this, with only a smattering of civil engineering, he is at his mother's house, fretting and fuming over his ill-luck, and the hardness and, dishonesty of men, and thinking of nothing but how to get the coal out of the Ilium hills. [5]
Instead of that, we took it into our system, and it's being put on a permanent basis. [4]
Instead of using wax he had recourse to clay, and formed a tall figure which represented Antinous as the youthful Bacchus, as the god might have appeared to the pirates. [10]
Instead of exchanging vows of love, we held a council of war. [10]
Instead of their usual splendid attire, both wore dark robes, and the royal consort and mother, who mourned her first-born son, leaned motionless, with drooping head, against her kingly husband's shoulder. [10]
Instead of the usual formal audience of 15 minutes, we staid 4 hours and were made a good deal more at home than we could have been in a New York drawing-room. [5]
Instead of giving up, he hangs on, and gets his shins bruised against every obstruction that comes in the way. [5]

Sentences ending with instead

Well, why shouldn't you do it instead? [11]
Oh, I wish with all my soul they would hang me instead! [5]
This afternoon it was still in the place to which some criminal hand afterwards found access, and attached that gem instead. [10]
Yes, I will try to nibble a little now--I wish a light horsewhipping would answer instead. [5]
Many a foot traveller hesitated to pass into that umbrageous circle, and skirted the fence beyond the branches on the further side of the road instead. [11]
The Indian stood to take it like a man; but Pierre loved that kind of courage, and shot the knife into its sheath instead. [11]
I asked you to amuse me, and you have merely interested me instead. [11]
But as the time at which I am expected there, left me ample leisure, I determined to walk instead. [12]
The prophet that thought the splendors of the New Jerusalem were revealed to him, surely saw this instead! [5]
At first she thought she would go to the House with the Tall Porch, but she changed her mind, and went to the Bois Noir instead. [11]

Short sentences using instead

Herewith is a letter instead. [7]
New misfortunes came instead. [5]
Lambton spoke instead. [11]

Sentences containing instead two or more times

To the one, nights spent in dancing had seemed made of minutes instead of hours; to the other, those selfsame nights had been like all other nights of dungeon life and seemed made of slow, dragging weeks instead of hours and minutes. [5]
Every body was into it--every body was pick'n' 'n' blast'n' instead of shovelin' dirt on the hill side--every body was put'n' down a shaft instead of scrapin' the surface. [5]
You use words instead of swords, traps instead of lances, and you cast not our bodies, but our souls, into irons. [10]
Heaven knows if I had but been ignorant instead of cultivated, and impudent instead of diffident, I could have made a name for myself in this cold, selfish world. [5]
Instead of telling her of Luzanne Larue, and of what he would do if he found things going against him, instead of that he resolved to say naught. [11]
One will hardly find it worth while to go through the world weeping over his old recollections, and paying gold instead of silver and silver instead of copper to astonished boatmen and bewildered chambermaids. [6]
There is not a cafe in London: instead of cafes, there are gin-mills; instead of light wine, there is heavy beer. [4]

More example sentences with the word instead in them

A vivacious, eager youth had duped her and had promised happiness to her sister instead of to her; it had been hard to bear--and yet, the Saviour of whom Hellos had told her, had been far more severely tried. [10]
The memory of your dear father, instead of an agony, will yet be a sad, sweet feeling in your heart, of a purer and holier sort than you have known before. [7]
Mr. Noble--"Senator Dilworthy, your bank account shows that up to that day, and even on that very day, you conducted all your financial business through the medium of checks instead of bills, and so kept careful record of every moneyed transaction. [5]
I would ask you to stay to the dance to-night if your skin were only white, instead of red. [9]
How agreeable do you suppose it is to have your well-meaning friends shout and screech at you, as if you were deaf as an adder, instead of only being, as you insist, somewhat hard of hearing? [6]
If I understood you rightly you meant to imply that your life had been attempted, and that one of those extraordinary old men devoted to Serapis had been murdered instead of you. [10]
And they say you put up a notice sudden like, without asking them, that there'd be two long shifts instead of three eight-hour ones. [9]
Then--need I assure you of it?--my blood boiled with righteous indignation; but instead of being ashamed of the outrage, he raised his hand to my head and pulled the veil. [10]
It would become you much better to repent of your crimes, and beg your old friend's forgiveness, instead of adding ingratitude to the unheard-of baseness of your other deeds. [10]
If Moliere were writing now, instead of saignare, purgare, and the other, he would be more like to say, Stimulare, opium dare et potassio-iodizare. [3]
But instead of writing it clown, the man merely stared at him, while the fat creases in his face deepened and deepened. [9]
If I were writing a novel, instead of a veracious chronicle, I should not have introduced it, for it is an anachronism. [4]
You see he writes to me instead of to the Governor. [11]
Born old, one would, of course, inherit experience, so that wealth could be made to contribute to happiness, and each day, instead of lessening the natural powers and increasing infirmities, would bring new vigor and capacity of enjoyment. [4]
A real reform would settle them once and for all, and wind up by giving us an alphabet that we wouldn't have to spell with at all, instead of this present silly alphabet, which I fancy was invented by a drunken thief. [5]
She said she would say good-by to her father and uncle in the morning if it should still be their purpose to go, instead of tarrying awhile to see the city. [5]
He said he would not be in town; so I risked it and took my dinner instead of the stock. [5]
In the dry wood of despair soon budded green shoots of hope, and instead of annihilation at the end of this life they showed me Heaven and all its joys. [10]
Thus woe on woe, and at the same time the painfully paralyzing feeling of the hostility of Fate had been evoked from its surges and, instead of happiness, they had brought sorrow and suffering. [10]
Very slender limbs, with bends like a grasshopper's; sits a great deal, I presume; looks as if he might straighten them out all of a sudden, and jump instead of walking. [6]
If the Cosmopolitan wishes to pay $600 for either of them or $1,200 for both, gather in the check, and I will use the money in America instead of breaking into your treasury. [5]
Going to the window she opened it also, but she compromised sufficiently to open it at the top instead of at the bottom. [11]
Any person who will reflect that money is only valuable while in circulation will readily perceive that any device which will keep the government revenues in constant circulation, instead of being locked up in idleness, is no inconsiderable advantage. [7]
The travelling musicians who, to save a few pennies, had begun to eat bread, cheese, and radishes, instead of the warm meals provided for the others, let their knives drop and set down the wine-jugs. [10]
Yet the practitioner who prescribes the nitrate of silver supposes he is guided by the solemn experience of the past, instead of by its idle fancies. [6]
The good gifts which Heaven formerly permitted me to enjoy have lost their zest; instead of bread, it now gives me stones. [10]
Who could tell whether her surprise, instead of pleasing him, might not rouse his anger? [10]
You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck when you'd killed a spider. [5]
And if and when Kunz should wed, then should he pay only half the profits to his brother instead of two-thirds. [10]
The foregoing is what I would say if Frank Blair was my brother instead of yours. [7]
Before I realized what he was doing, Nick, instead of retracing his steps towards the house, started forward. [9]
But contrary to what had always happened in their former battles, instead of the news they expected of the enemy's flight, these orderly masses returned thence as disorganized and terrified mobs. [2]
I suppose you were with him at six o'clock last evening, instead of being here with me, as you promised. [11]
By mistake we were taken to see the new palace instead, and we used up the last remnant of our spare time there. [5]
The small window-panes were actually inclosed in the wood of the sashes instead of being stuck to them with putty, as in our modern windows. [6]
After breakfast he went up-stairs and put, on a light loose frock, instead of that which he commonly wore, which was a close-fitting and rather stylish one. [6]
Soon after Hermon went on board Archon's splendidly equipped vessel and, instead of a tiresome journey, began a new and riotous period of festivity. [10]
It would be we, instead of I, if Mrs. Clemens knew, but in all these 20 months that she has lain a prisoner in her bed we have hidden from her all things that could sadden her. [5]
Then why should we worship the Old Master for it, who didn't impart it, instead of worshiping Old Time, who did? [5]
It is time we should become a little more Americanized, and instead of feeding the paupers and laborers of England, feed our own; or else in a short time, by continuing our present policy, we shall all be rendered paupers ourselves. [7]
At that time we shall probably have a hundred millions of people to share the burden, instead of thirty-one millions as now. [7]
We are largely wasting our energies in petty contrivances instead of striking at the root of the evil. [4]
Now when I was your age..." I knew his history by heart, a common one in this country, although he made an honourable name instead of a dishonourable one. [9]
He at first was so insubordinate under restraint that he was put under close ward from which he was not released until, instead of raging with fury he dreamed away his days in sullen brooding. [10]
Perhaps, where speech was not given, a gift of divination entered into her instead, and she valued what others found useless, and held aloof from what others found good. [11]
Indeed his credit was injured instead of helped by the prudent step be had taken. [5]
Yet so great was his haste that, instead of making a circuit around their quarter, he dashed straight through it at his utmost speed. [10]
Heinz Schorlin's love was great and sincere and, instead of heeding the inner voice that warned her to return to prayer, she cried defiantly, "I will not! [10]
I thought I was getting ahead of her little assessments of $35 a month, but find I am falling behind with her instead, and have let her go without money. [5]
The Weapon Ointment was a preparation used for the healing of wounds, but instead of its being applied to them, the injured part was washed and bandaged, and the weapon with which the wound was inflicted was carefully anointed with the unguent. [6]
With them he was a man speaking to his fellow-man, instead of a despot speaking with creatures whose very existence was the plaything of his own caprice. [10]
I think it was a good stroke of luck that knocked me on my back here at Napier, instead of some hotel in the centre of a noisy city. [5]
Tradition says he was a favorite god on the Island of Hawaii--a great king who had been deified for meritorious services--just our own fashion of rewarding heroes, with the difference that we would have made him a Postmaster instead of a god, no doubt. [5]
Its long white-washed walls, it is true, glimmered through the gloom as distinctly as ever, but instead of towering--as usual at this time--mute and lifeless above the slumbering town--the most active bustle was going on within and around it. [10]
Now they were voices of warning and taunting; and instead of going rapidly the train seemed to crawl at a snail's pace. [5]
Langeron, trying as virulently as possible to sting Weyrother's vanity as author of the military plan, argued that Bonaparte might easily attack instead of being attacked, and so render the whole of this plan perfectly worthless. [2]
It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government. [7]
It was a very peaceful scene of rural life, and we were inclined to tarry, but Mary, instead of calling us home with the cattle, advised us to ride on to Alexander's before it got dark. [4]
They appeared a very bedlam of chaos, instead of the triumph of order, organization and human skill. [9]
Then the vision vanished; instead he was possessed by a wild desire to see her, and he said to himself that he could not die without having seen her once more. [10]
This was the usual sign of approbation, instead of the clapping of hands. [6]
And now, as usual of late, he hung about the gate of the schoolyard instead of playing with his comrades. [5]
He had promised us, instead of this place of bondage, a new and delightful home where we should dwell free men, amid fruitful fields and rich pastures, which would supply food to every man and his family and make all hearts rejoice. [10]
He had insisted upon gazing at the universe through the coloured glasses of an outworn theology, instead of using his own eyes. [9]
He is looked upon as a kind of wizard, and is lucky in living in the nineteenth century instead of the sixteenth or earlier. [6]
And he set up, instead, his ambition for his country. [9]
If you go up the hill instead of down, you come to an arrangement of squares, palaces, and gardens as trim and fashionable as you will find in Europe. [6]
Thus, if an unthinking and excited community had been listened to instead of the arguments of counsel, a poor crazy creature would have been held to a fearful responsibility for a mere freak of madness. [5]
Read, instead, Ex ungue minimi digiti pedis, Herculem, ejusque patrem, matrem, avos et proavos, filios, nepotes et pronepotes! [6]
Above it, and under the big trees, shone a thousand glittering lights: there was a crowd at the gate, and instead of saying, "Open, Sesame," Peter slipped two bright fifty-cent pieces to the red-faced German ticketman, and in they went. [9]
Percy and Cuderington, two gentlemen, volunteered to do it; but Smith sent instead Master Wiffin and Jeffrey Abbot, to go and stab them or shoot them. [4]
Therefore, instead of turning at Faber Street, she crossed it. [9]
At every good-sized town from one end of the river to the other, there was a 'wharf-boat' to land at, instead of a wharf or a pier. [5]
The Emperor's room, too, had an altered aspect, for, instead of a few letters and despatches, his writing-table was now covered not only with maps and plans, but lists and tables referring to the condition of his army. [10]
He had been too solicitous to express himself, to write beautifully, instead of letting the human emotions with which he had to deal show themselves. [4]
Instead of attending to your business, you make the place a resort for loafers and idlers. [9]
He had elected to use his little patrimony in making himself instead of in making money--if merely following his inclination could be called an election. [4]
Do you want to throw two victims into his jaws instead of one? [10]
Then said Kit to this gentleman, 'a pot of beer'--just so--and the gentleman, instead of replying, 'Sir, did you address that language to me? [12]
It 'gravels' me, to this day, to put my will in the weak shape of a request, instead of launching it in the crisp language of an order. [5]
Then she turned to the Spartan, remarking, that to him alone of all her guests, instead of an apology for the simplicity of the meal, she felt she owed one for its luxury. [10]
Instead of turning to the right, he strode straight to Stephen's table. [9]
Instead of going to the clerk for information, as we do at home, you go to the portier. [5]
They had gone to Switzerland instead, and Augusta Maturin had come back to Silliston. [9]
Shon was about to speak, but Pierre threw a restraining glance, and, instead, they all looked through the doorway and beyond. [11]
He, too, tried to smile, but swallowed instead as he remembered his property in Dalton Street . [9]
Instead, she wished to see how he would greet her, to hear what he would say. [11]
They had looked to see a grey-bearded man like the chief factor who quarrelled and prayed; but they found instead a round- faced, clean-shaven youth, with big, good-natured eyes, yellow hair, and a roundness of body like that of a month-old bear's cub. [11]
Instead of attempting to run, she sat down on the ground where she was standing, and began to weep and scream, giving herself up for lost. [4]
Howells was willing to risk it, and that the result was only amusing instead of tragic is the best proof of their friendship. [5]
He was about to receive his young friend with a cheerful greeting, but, glancing at her face, he cried anxiously; "You look as if you had met with a ghost; your lips are pale instead of red, and there are dark shades round your eyes. [10]
Instead of continuing to listen to the Greek sentences which Herr Wilibald Pirckheimer was reading aloud to the others, he could not help thinking of the pious, gentle little woman who, with her cheerful kindness, so well understood how to comfort and to sustain courage. [10]
Instead of going to Jethro, he went to Heth Sutton, and Heth got the bill as far as the Committee on Corporations, and there she's been ever since, with our friend Chauncey Weed, who's whispering over there. [9]
Erasmus, however, trusted to his strength and nimbleness and, instead of promptly taking flight, entreated Barbara to listen to him a moment. [10]
Slowly it came to him that Little Hammer was keeping him alive against the will of the spirits--but why should they strike him instead of the Indian? [11]
Instead of confiding to him my aspirations, vague though they were, I became more and more secretive as I grew older. [9]
When he rose to go, he took up instead of his own, the general's three-cornered hat, and held it, pulling at the plume, till the general asked him to restore it. [2]
They had come to fight, even if the boat had been defended by fifty Egyptian soldiers instead of carrying a score or so of sailors and artisans. [10]
We shall have to fight two nations instead of one. [7]
Instead of going to Eda's she walked alone, seeking the quieter streets that her thoughts might flow undisturbed. [9]

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