Instead Sentence Examples
I will try to make friends instead of enemies.
I always pictured myself driving a van instead of a truck.
Instead of dining out, we ordered a couple of pizzas.
Instead of improving, Destiny got steadily worse.
Instead of shifting with each step, the ground felt solid.
Instead, I asked a question.
Instead, Felipa met them at the corral.
Instead of braids, she brushed her hair into a ponytail.
Instead, she had heard nothing from him.
Then they spend all their time at parties instead of studying.
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We would if he'd let me bracket enough times instead of quitting just because he gets tired.
My dog refused to gnaw on the bone I bought her, instead she chews on my shoes!
I have three eyes instead of two?
She smiles instead of answering my query.
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Why didn't you tell me instead of trying to trick me?
He kept my mind alert and eager, and trained it to reason clearly, and to seek conclusions calmly and logically, instead of jumping wildly into space and arriving nowhere.
But instead of packing, she cleaned the house and went for a ride.
Instead of using our usual tip line, we conveyed the information directly to Detroit where the abduction took place.
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No government is involved in these organizations, which are instead driven by a combination of religious and civic motives.
He was wrong for running instead of making peace.
Instead, they track and kill my vamps.
I drove south toward town on the West Surry Road but instead of following Court Street, turned back north west on the Old Walpole to Howie's home.
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If instead of imagining to ourselves commanders of genius leading the Russian army, we picture that army without any leaders, it could not have done anything but make a return movement toward Moscow, describing an arc in the direction where most provisions were to be found and where the country was richest.
Instead, she collected a few small photos and arranged them all in one frame.
It's a good thing I decided to come here first instead of go home.
Instead, I called the number advertised on the television announcement.
Instead, I had the presence to mind to avoid answering.
I didn't answer and instead requested he have Quinn or Martha call me as soon as they get in.
Here I sit, having to listen to a sobbing lady instead of being on my way to more pleasant chores.
He continued to avoid her gaze, focusing on Felipa instead.
I'd like to think we were doing something worthwhile instead of wasting our time on pointless errands.
Instead, he steered the conversation toward Gladys Turnbull, who was the only other occupant of the cozy room.
Instead of moving away, he rested his hands lightly on her arms.
What if Señor Medena had three boys instead of three girls?
I thought the nobles were jealous that I took her as my bride, instead of a daughter from a more prominent family.
In the future, massive new amounts of information will begin to resolve the debate, instead of just adding noise to it as too often occurs today.
Drain the blood from men's veins and put in water instead, then there will be no more war!
She had fallen ill unexpectedly a few days previously, had missed several gatherings of which she was usually ornament, and was said to be receiving no one, and instead of the celebrated Petersburg doctors who usually attended her had entrusted herself to some Italian doctor who was treating her in some new and unusual way.
He imagined all sorts of possible contingencies, just like the younger men, but with this difference, that he saw thousands of contingencies instead of two or three and based nothing on them.
Instead, she decided to use that extra hour to take a relaxing bath.
Instead, she allowed him to gently turn her body so that he could gaze into her eyes.
But instead of all that--here he was, the wealthy husband of an unfaithful wife, a retired gentleman-in-waiting, fond of eating and drinking and, as he unbuttoned his waistcoat, of abusing the government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal favorite in Moscow society.
She left him there to think about his actions - only he would probably stew on hers instead.
Pierre dressed hurriedly and, instead of going to see them, went to the back porch and out through the gate.
She tried to feign innocence but her eyes were probably full of mischief instead.
Instead of answering, he turned to Quinn.
Instead of calling him, she texted him.
Instead he said nothing.
Dean wanted to explain it was far more of a shock seeing a bloated Billie or Willie Wassermann with a head looking like a bleached basketball, but simply nodded instead.
I think you ought to stick to reading mysteries instead of inventing them.
I should be wearing black instead of enjoying myself, even if it's only once in awhile.
Instead, he settled for a postcard to her and one to her son, each with a bland "Having a great time" message.
Instead, he was working his backside off trying to climb an 11,000-foot mountain that never ended with the only power provided by his two aching legs.
Maybe this was what they needed to do instead of thinking torrid thoughts about each other.
I'd feel honored if you brought your mother's dishes here and used them instead of these.
She was thinking about her desire to be with children – instead of how that would make him feel.
Instead of discussing this with Mums, she needed to sit down and discuss it with Alex.
She should have walked away and given him a chance to think about it, instead of slapping that awful word from his mouth?
Instead they walked up to the road and around to the house.
Instead, she felt wonderfully content.
She pushed the thoughts of Darian from her head, instead focusing on seeing herself seated in his throne.
Jenn hesitated, guilty she'd indulged herself to visit a place she shouldn't instead of protecting the world she was sworn to preserve.
Instead of a trunk for his clothing, he carried a pair of saddlebags.
And in the middle was a rough table with benches around it instead of chairs.
Instead, we are surrounded by things we could not create ourselves.
But instead of being greeted with pleasure as she had expected, at his first glance at her his face assumed a cold, stiff, proud expression she had not seen on it before.
If instead of a divine power some other force has appeared, it should be explained in what this new force consists, for the whole interest of history lies precisely in that force.
Instead, we can think of it as many cuisines that all exist simultaneously--from fish to beef to rice and beans, from root vegetables to tropical fruit.
Instead of driving all the way to the city for dinner, try an amazing local restaurant.
Instead his retreating back filled her with shame.
Instead he was withdrawn and somber, even picking at his food.
Instead, he had to do this the way humans did.
Instead, she prepared for the day as if it were her last.
Instead of destroying him, it made him stronger.
A couple of them were talking quietly, but she didn't hear them, instead unable to fathom that anyone would find her life worth protecting after her father hadn't.
Sasha's servants wouldn't get within a foot of Rhyn; instead, they shaped the magic of Sasha's realm around him and gave him only one direction to go, that which Sasha wanted.
Now, let's work on the premise Byrne didn't drown and start trying to find where he is instead of pretending he didn't skip!
Dean wondered if Jeff was not the saint she thought, not deceased, instead bopping along somewhere west of Kansas, with several million bucks in his pocket.
Instead, the trail was an illogical hodgepodge of unrelated sequences that had skipped forward until evaporating someplace west of Hays, Kansas.
Arthur's social friends pawed all over one another on one side of the room, while his lawyer pals held down the other side, acting as if it were a board meeting instead of a wake.
Instead I should be ashamed of myself for not telling Gibbons to be mum about our looking for the guy.
She could have reasoned with him earlier instead of jumping down his throat.
He was courteous to her instead of affectionate, but they were talking — if simple questions and answers could be called conversation.
The flowers should have made her feel cheerful, but they ushered in that dark feeling instead.
He dismissed them as the idle talk of jealous nobles at court, who'd wanted him to marry one of their daughters instead.
Instead, she'd slept with her back to the panoramic window with her down vest and boots on for warmth.
His gaze swept over her body, lingering on her breasts, and she wished she'd stopped by the locker room to pull on a shirt instead of racing to get away from Darian.
Jenn didn't fight it, instead gathering her magic for a push.
Jenn wiped her mind clean, instead thinking of Bianca, Jonny's sister.
Instead, Jenn straightened and met his gaze.
Jenn tried not to look at him, focusing instead on the scent of cheeseburgers.
Darian didn't let her go even then, instead soothing her mind enough for her to sleep in peace.
The cuff around her arm warded them off, and they flowed around her instead of through her.
To trust myself instead of the words of others.
He'd blocked the strike that probably would've killed the woman who betrayed him, saving her instead.
Instead, the five attackers closed in, weapons sheathed.
He felt each arrow as if it punctured his body instead of hers.
It's a scary thought, isn't it – having someone look at what you have instead of the person you are?
Now, instead of just intellectually engaging with the news, we feel the government brutality, we experience the war, we are electrified by the demonstrations, and we are horrified at the suffering.
Instead, you have to find small things over which to argue, like whether the capital gains tax should be raised.
Instead of the new life he had hoped to lead he still lived the old life, only in new surroundings.
One day he would order his camp bed to be set up in the glass gallery, another day he remained on the couch or on the lounge chair in the drawing room and dozed there without undressing, while--instead of Mademoiselle Bourienne--a serf boy read to him.
Sometimes we perceive things as what we want them to be instead of what they actually are.
If you want turf instead of surf, get the relleno carenzo.
The fact that they were expecting two babies instead of one made it more of a challenge.
Then she used wild and long grain rice instead of stuffing.
Instead, he assisted her, his lips seeking hers urgently all the while.
Now they could discuss things instead of avoiding sensitive subjects - build on their relationship instead of tearing it down with the same demolition ball.
For the most part, the work she did for the Giddon family was little more than she would have done at home - with the exception that at home she probably would have made a sandwich instead of a meal.
When he opened the glove box, I was sure he'd come out with a gun, but he had a little tablet instead.
She leaned back on the couch instead, trying to reassure him with a weak smile.
Not if it screws up what we're doing... what we should be doing right now, instead of talking about my love life.
She purposely kept her thoughts of what was to come—and her fear for Jule—at the back of her mind, instead filling it with her willingness to learn her trade.
He ignored the senses warning him of the guards drawing near and instead smoothed dark hair from her face and listened for her breathing.
Instead, he forced his head straight ahead.
For a long moment she savored the feel of him against her and wondered what it would be like to be this man's lover instead of his enemy.
Instead, he stared at the map on the table between them.
I should've been at her side instead of Sirian.
She feared what she'd see in Memon's eyes and stared instead at his chest plate.
Instead, he returned to the bedchamber and breathed deeply, calmed by her scent.
In Beverly Hills, your poor neighbor might be one who had to buy the 14K-gold back scratcher instead of the diamond-encrusted platinum one everyone else is buying.
Instead of earning money, members of the collectives earned work points (which, of course, everyone prefers to money).
Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five; and reduce other things in proportion.
He kept telling himself that he would consider the whole matter and decide what was right and how he should act, but instead of that he only excited himself more and more.
Instead of sixteen hundred rubles he had a long column of figures scored against him, which he had reckoned up to ten thousand, but that now, as he vaguely supposed, must have risen to fifteen thousand.
Nearer and nearer... now she was ahead of it; but the wolf turned its head to face her, and instead of putting on speed as she usually did Milka suddenly raised her tail and stiffened her forelegs.
Instead of an enemy, Nicholas found in Ilagin a stately and courteous gentleman who was particularly anxious to make the young count's acquaintance.
Though she blamed herself for it, she could not refrain from grumbling at and worrying Sonya, often pulling her up without reason, addressing her stiffly as "my dear," and using the formal "you" instead of the intimate "thou" in speaking to her.
The colonel of the Polish uhlans, a handsome old man, flushed and, fumbling in his speech from excitement, asked the aide-de-camp whether he would be permitted to swim the river with his uhlans instead of seeking a ford.
Instead of the demand of four months earlier to withdraw from Pomerania, only a withdrawal beyond the Niemen was now demanded.
They slander him as a traitor, and the only result will be that afterwards, ashamed of their false accusations, they will make him out a hero or a genius instead of a traitor, and that will be still more unjust.
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.
Though there was no advantage in sending Friant's division instead of Claparede's, and even an obvious inconvenience and delay in stopping Claparede and sending Friant now, the order was carried out exactly.
From the alighting board, instead of the former spirituous fragrant smell of honey and venom, and the warm whiffs of crowded life, comes an odor of emptiness and decay mingling with the smell of honey.
Pierre knew this, but instead of acting he only thought about his undertaking, going over its minutest details in his mind.
Will you now be so good as to tell me with whom I have the honor of conversing so pleasantly, instead of being in the ambulance with that maniac's bullet in my body?
But a few days before they left Moscow, moved and excited by all that was going on, she called Sonya to her and, instead of reproaching and making demands on her, tearfully implored her to sacrifice herself and repay all that the family had done for her by breaking off her engagement with Nicholas.
In such actions, instead of two crowds opposing each other, the men disperse, attack singly, run away when attacked by stronger forces, but again attack when opportunity offers.
Petya was galloping along the courtyard, but instead of holding the reins he waved both his arms about rapidly and strangely, slipping farther and farther to one side in his saddle.
Beyond Vyazma the French army instead of moving in three columns huddled together into one mass, and so went on to the end.
But suddenly instead of those chances and that genius which hitherto had so consistently led him by an uninterrupted series of successes to the predestined goal, an innumerable sequence of inverse chances occur--from the cold in his head at Borodino to the sparks which set Moscow on fire, and the frosts--and instead of genius, stupidity and immeasurable baseness become evident.
Instead, they had talked about the house and how she would assume responsibilities.
When we'd finished, he remained with the women instead of retreating upstairs.
Instead I listened to his harangue about the difficulty they encountered with the session I'd practically demanded, the break-ins in Boston.
I wanted to add, instead of just you, but I didn't.
Neither spoke, and the chauffeur took them north, instead of south towards home.
I thought you'd be happy I spared him instead of burying him with the others.
Instead of draining his power, the woman was shoving power into him.
Instead of preparing to face off the vamp, she floated upwards.
You're just grumpy because you have to go to court instead of playing in the woods with us.
Instead, he rose—a suggestion they go inside—but Cynthia and Mrs. Lincoln were content together, as if oblivious to Pumpkin and Westlake.
He thought she'd walk away, but instead, she cautiously lifted the rope, turned further away from the precipice and took baby steps backwards toward him.
Dean's lack of proficiency at mountain climbing left him to make do instead of utilizing a more effective and safer method of descent.
Instead of inching his way back to Lydia he remained by the wrecked Jeep.
You'd think you were on trial today instead of sitting in a jury box.
Instead, he asked Fred about his detective work.
Instead, he grabbed a plate of Cynthia's scrambled eggs and bacon and hauled the heaping plate up to his room.
Certainly. Too bad it was a sweater instead of her panties.
This was one such instance where he refused to look, instead reveling in the thrill of anticipation.
In the meantime, Wynn was trapped in a room that felt way too small with the deity he meant to kill instead of the human he almost succeeded in killing.
Deidre followed, surprised then angry when people jostled her instead of moving from her path.
It wasn't coming out the way she practiced it, maybe because Gabriel was sitting close enough that she wanted to lean against him instead of the bed and place his large hands on the parts of her body hidden by clothes.
Instead of responding, the assassin knelt.
She was running from someone in the forest and instead of helping her, Gabriel would only watch.
Instead, she concentrated on figuring out what knowledge she could about the souls in the lake.
The death dealer didn't challenge her, instead melting back into the forest shadows.
Granted, he was Death, and she was offering a partnership running the underworld instead of deferring to him in his role in charge of the underworld.
He paid it no heed, instead fascinated by the feel of her frame.
She rested her hands on his chest, but they didn't stay, instead running over the muscles of his chest and around to his back.
Instead, he reviewed what little he'd learned from Darkyn about the deals Deidre made and the issue of his death-dealers.
He purposely didn't let himself think about Darkyn being in her bed instead of him.
Gabriel didn't react, instead motioning to Andre to do something about Rhyn, who was ready to explode.
He didn't think he'd ever be able to rationalize that both Deidres had gone to Darkyn instead of trusting him without resentment.
Lori could have kept the baby, the farm and the money, but she chose to "escape" instead.
In any case, Lori deserved to have something – and probably would have if she had contested the will instead of running away.
Instead his expression was troubled as he gazed down at her.
Why had he put her in his will instead of his wife?
It would help to think of him as Alex, instead of an empty shell.
Instead of his usual pleased smile, he simply turned back to Jonathan.
Instead he would lay there beside her, neither touching her nor giving any indication that he knew she was there.
Instead of putting an arm around her waist and drawing her close, he turned away from her.
It was tempting to let her writing session go, since she would see him at noon, but she had agreed to write instead of speaking.
Issues such as this were not resolved, but at least they were in the open instead of stewing about them and guessing what each other was thinking.
Something about him touched her on a level that left her feeling at peace, as if he, too, understood what it was to face death each day and struggle to see the light instead of the surrounding darkness.
Instead of going to see the Immortal leader, Gabriel crossed through the shadow world, squinting as he emerged into the bright mid-morning sunlight.
Instead, Dean changed the subject.
He dressed but instead of returning to his duties, lay back on his bed, depressed and exhausted.
Instead, he returned to Bird Song to once more try to contact his wife.
Let me know if you want to meet in town instead of here.
Instead of listening to him, she dug out the water-breathers and life vests, each packaged in small plastic containers the size of her hand.
Someone sent them south instead of north.
She had enough for a month, but after a few days, she found herself wishing for real food instead of the stale bars.
He ignored the loaded words, rising instead.
He stepped forward instead, following the pilot into the sub.
Instead, he was grateful he hadn't had to deal with her before.
Kris said nothing. Rhyn's assurances that Hannah was safe in Hell didn't sit well with him. Kris followed the half-demon without knowing where they might be headed, instead thinking of just how bad of a situation he'd left Kiki in.
Instead, he spent a half-hour in her driveway, discussing the Norfolk trip and the search for her missing husband.
Instead, there were sneaky little maybes and what-ifs.
Dean had no way of checking Byrne's mileage and if by chance he had detoured east on Interstate 84, probably 30 miles further, instead of taking the more direct south-easterly route between Scranton and Parkside.
Dean felt it might be better if she talked instead of letting the silence and the upcoming events prey on her mind.
Instead he tried and discarded a who-done-it and then attempted a conversation with Mrs. Lincoln, but she seemed more interested in sleeping than listening to a bored detective.
Instead, he pulled up a chair behind the door and waited.
Instead, he squeezed her shoulder and left.
Their social life was church, they had no television and even when Carmen had attended college, they had requested that she stay at home every night instead of living in a dorm.
Instead she turned toward the door.
She avoided the recliner, choosing the window seat instead.
The moment her lips touched his, she lingered instead of moving away.
She'd found Darian instead.
Instead, she reached up and took his face in her hands.
Instead, Darian released Yully and ran straight into the magic.
Taran met her blows and then attacked without his brute force, instead assessing her ability to react.
The panicked animal fought him for its head instead, refusing to obey him.
It was wise of me to send you to the catacombs instead of kill you.
Maybe we'll just take a buggy ride tomorrow instead.
I had my hand on the door handle but instead asked our driver to follow it.
You made the one who can stop you fall in love with you instead, her father said.
Instead, he closed his eyes and Transported to the ranch.
She gave him a withering look, wondering what crack he was smoking to think he did her any favor by bringing her here instead of to a hospital.
He was a saint through and through for rubbing her back instead of seducing her.
She ached to touch him but refused, hugging herself more tightly instead.
Maybe I'll get him drunk instead.
I'll call him 'SB,' for 'Song Bird' instead of 'BS' for 'Bird Song.'
He turned on some music with weak intentions of continuing his sheriff reading but instead just sat there, finishing the last of the merlot.
Instead, she slipped into bed, and in spite of the early hour, doused the lights and asked that any talk wait until morning.
Instead he asked when the sheriff was returning.
Just fix us some supper instead of goggling at a naked woman and getting all tingly when we don't have time.
Instead of Fred O'Connor, it was Paul Dawkins coming down the stairs.
Unlike most first-time riders of this spectacular road, she didn't shudder; instead she leaned far over for a better view, rattling a litany of praises.
He just laughed, ignoring the question and turned instead to Cynthia, extending his hand and introducing himself.
Instead of seating himself on the traditional doctor's stool, Dr. Wynn sat beside her on the table, hands folded across one knee.
Pausing at her normal bus stop, Deidre debated walking instead of taking the bus.
She pulled up Dr. Wynn's office number on her cell, tempted to invite him to the beach this weekend instead of Logan.
He'd wanted to tell her not to go to the beach with Logan, to spend the weekend with him instead of some stupid human that had no idea how to appreciate a woman like her.
Instead, he'd found his vision unchanged.
You fetch souls instead of the death-dealers.
Use your compass instead of the radar.
Instead of pointing to the four directions, its edges were lined with ancient symbols he took to be writing from the time-before-time.
Death lets you see the stars and the moon instead of how dark the night is.
Instead of taking a portal to his cabin in the Everdark forest, he hiked through the woods.
Instead of being cheered by the news, he was annoyed.
Maybe he meant to kill her, too, but slept with her instead.
Instead of the horror Deidre expected to see, Daniela's face warmed even more, softening the skin around her eyes.
He sensed Deidre but didn't go to her, instead walking through the open-aired hallways until he reached the quarters reserved for him.
He found himself hating the feeling instead of relishing it, like he thought he would if their roles were ever reversed.
Instead, she went to her bedroom, changed into her clothing and packed a bag.
Instead of grabbing her, he slid something cool around her neck.
He turned to her twice and pointed out the window as the scenery whizzed, but she ignored him, reading instead.
Instead she looked again to Toby, who'd begun to mess with the buttons on his side of the car.
She felt his warmth at her back instead.
Suddenly, she wondered just how well demons could shapeshift and why they.d lock Ully in the closet instead of killing him.
Instead, he gave a more neutral response.
For a long moment, he lost track of time, instead lost in his thoughts.
Oh, I'd better call Felipa and tell her we'll meet them at the barn instead.
Why don't we go shopping tomorrow and we'll both get what we want instead of what other people want us to wear?
If you think I'm more man than Gerald, then why did you call him instead of me?
Why didn't he simply tell her that instead of leaving the impression that the clothes were improper?
Instead of victorious, she felt only regret.
He wanted to kill me, and I blackmailed him into saving me instead.
If 127 parts of iodine, which is an almost black solid, and loo parts of mercury, which is a white liquid metal, be intimately mixed by rubbing them together in a mortar, the two substances wholly disappear, and we obtain instead a brilliant red powder quite unlike the iodine or the mercury; almost the only property that is unchanged is the weight.
Chicheley and the other envoys were received on their return as saviours of the world; though the result was summed up by a contemporary as trischism instead of schism, and the Church as giving three husbands instead of two.
By using urea, guanidine, thiourea and related compounds instead of amidines, one obtains the uracils.
In her latest works she went back to her earlier themes of romantic and unchartered love, but the scene is shifted from Berri, which she felt she had exhausted, to other provinces of France, and instead of passionate manifestos we have a gallery of genre pictures treated in the spirit of Francois le champi.
The young insect resembles its parent in most points, but the head is disproportionately large; the anterior abdominal spiracles are on the second segment instead of on the first, and the foot has only a single segment.
Messina fell on the 10th of July, but Garibaldi, instead of crossing to Calabria, secretly departed for Aranci Bay in Sardinia, where Bertani was fitting out an expedition against the papal states.
Both have fleshy caps, whitish, moist and clammy to the touch; instead of a pleasant odour, they have a disagreeable one; the stems are ringless, or nearly so; and the gills, which are palish-clay-brown, distinctly touch and grow on to the solid or pithy stem.
Minos, instead of sacrificing' it, spared its life, and Poseidon, as a punishment, inspired Pasiphae with an unnatural passion for it.
The micrometer of Auzout and Picard was provided with silk fibres or silver wires instead of the edges of Gascoigne, but one of the silk fibres remained fixed while the other was moved by a screw.
The same firm is also constructing a micrometer in which the readings of the head are printed on a band of paper instead of being read off at the time of observation.
At Greenwich, Oxford and several other observatories, instead of measuring the distances of the star's image from the opposite sides of the 5 mm.
The remedy proposed by Repsold for this proved fault is to cause the whole slide to tilt instead of the microscope only; this should prove a complete remedy.
At the Council of Salisbury in 1116 the English king ordered Thurstan to submit, but instead he resigned his archbishopric, although this did not take effect.
Instead of these are cats with more or less abbreviated tails, showing in greater or less degree a decided kink or bend near the tip. In other cases the tail is of the short curling type of that of a bulldog; sometimes it starts quite straight, but divides in a fork-like manner near the tip; and in yet other instances it is altogether wanting, as in the typical Manx cats.
An undersized lawn is really a poor pitch, because it involves playing from corner to corner instead of up and down - the orthodox direction.
Instead of yielding to this, he joined with Henry Bristowe Wilson and Rowland Williams, who had been similarly attacked, in the production of the volume known as Essays and Reviews.
The latter would have required that the question should have been settled by the church at Antioch instead of being referred to Jerusalem.
During the reign of Edward, the title of superintendent was often adopted instead of bishop, and it will be recollected that John Knox was an honoured worker in England with the title of superintendent during this reign.
Instead of facing the difficulties, the president preferred to put off the day of reckoning by flooding the country with inconvertible notes, with the result that the financial crisis became more and more aggravated.
It is urged that the imperfect placenta of the bandicoots instead of being vestigial, may be an instance of parallelism, and that in marsupials generally the allantois failed to form a placental connexion.
The steps by which the practice of resting from labour on the Lord's day instead of on the Sabbath was established in Christendom and received civil as well as ecclesiastical sanction are dealt with under Sunday; it is enough to observe here that this practice is naturally and even necessarily connected with the religious observance of the Lord's day as a day of worship and religious gladness, and is in full accordance with the principles laid down by Jesus in His criticism of the Sabbath of the Scribes.
Lastly positivism teaches a corporate instead of an individual immortality; man should desire to live on as a beneficent influence in the race.
This is the case of the bullfinch of the more western of these islands (Pyrrhula murina), the male of which, instead of the ruddy breast of its well-known congener (P. vulgaris), has that part of a sober mouse-colour.
From this time forward it was against Assyria instead of Babylonia that Elam found itself compelled to exert its strength, and Elamite policy was directed towards fomenting revolt in Babylonia and assisting the Babylonians in their struggle with Assyria.
An exactly converse process must now be glanced at, whereby, instead of growing out of it, prayer actually generates spell.
One consequence of the Mendelssohn movement was that many writers used their vernacular language besides or instead of Hebrew, or translated from one to the other.
Half a day's journey beyond, at a point where two great wadis enter the Euphrates, on the Syrian side, stands Jabriya, an unidentified ruined town of Babylonian type, with walls of unbaked brick, instead of the stone heretofore encountered.
Sometimes a 30-second glass is used instead of a 28-second one, and the intervals between the knots on the log-line are then made 50 ft.
But both at Rome and at Athens we see, at a stage earlier than the final reform, an attempt to set up a standard of wealth, either instead of or alongside of the older standard of birth.
Throwing my voice into any object I pleased, to make it appear that the object was speaking instead of me.
Instead of keeping still, so I could eat him comfortably, he trembled so with fear that he fell off the table into a big vase that was standing on the floor.
He had just noticed that the king was wearing poor Charlot's Sunday suit instead of his own.
The theory of pricing means people who want items the most choose to buy those items instead of others they could buy.
Instead, forget which is "right" for the moment and simply consider the flow of history, for better or worse.
Instead, he gets a job monitoring security cameras, which pays $10 an hour—until, of course, he loses that job to Chang.
Instead of a slow, fifty year death, it'll be three years.
He didn't release her, instead drawing up the arm she used as a pillow to force her head against his shoulder.
Instead, she was working hard to convince herself she really did want to walk away.
Instead of a third drink, a flash of cold fire was forced through the fangs into her body.
Even if that meant sacrificing what you want or that he ended up with me instead of you.
Instead she crossed to the full bar and traded the champagne for a triple shot of whiskey on the rocks.
He held out an arm she ignored, instead marching past him.
Dazed and pained, she couldn't help but wish she'd just jumped off the ledge instead.
Instead, she marched to the bathroom and took the hottest shower she could tolerate to try and take off the alcoholic edge.
Instead, she tried to keep her trembling body upright and her vision from growing tunneled.
She didn't object when his fangs bit into her, instead sighing as the comforting warmth consumed her.
Instead, she half ran, half leapt through the piles of bodies into the treed area lining two wide walkways.
Kiki didn't knock the door down as he could, instead beating loudly enough for the sound to drift down the road.
He didn't, instead taking only what he needed to survive.
Willing herself not to cry, she pointed to her neck and said instead, "Do you know what this means?"
They say he went mad when the woman he'd chosen as his mate chose Kris instead.
One stupid little human is so much easier to kill than a few billion, and you chose duty instead.
Instead, she slumped against the wall, defeated by alcohol and impotent rage.
She expected joy at the offer but felt wary instead.
Instead of retorting, she said, That's not how I wanted this conversation to go.
Megan looked ready to laugh but smiled widely instead.
Instead, she drew herself up to her just above average height, and confirmed, He nearly killed me.
Instead, his hand dropped to her shoulder, and he pulled her against him.
Instead, he watched Gabriel cross the room and leave it on the pillow beside Katie.
Instead, Rhyn began to wonder where exactly his mate would fit in.
Instead, he started walking away and summoned his powers, wondering which of his brothers could be coerced into giving him what he wanted.
She looked at the bottle anew, thoughts going to the long list of Immortals she could.ve used it on instead of bearing their attacks.
Instead, he focused hard on cleaning up her blood and bandaging her arm before the scent drove him too wild to control himself.
In Gabriel's mind, he'd already killed her, or he wouldn't have looked at her with regret instead of pity.
Tell Kris—next time he wants something—to call instead of sending this animal.
Instead, he found himself mulling over the advice from another brother.
He despised her video game playing and art, instead saying she needed a man capable of keeping her feet on the ground long enough for her to focus on doing something real with her life.
He didn't believe she was interacting with real people and instead called the other online players invisible friends.
They watched instead with curiosity.
She wondered if she had died, for she seemed able to see the conversation occurring from a dozen feet away, as if she were watching television instead of involved in it.
The standard day is longer than ours, about thirty hours instead of twenty-four, with that divided evenly between day and night.
She kept her eyes on the couple instead of the crowd.
Instead he strode through the bright hallways into the women's wing and into the first room.
She needed a workout; maybe she could learn to use a sword instead of kickboxing, which she'd been doing regularly for years.
Instead, she forced herself to leave and find something to do.
Instead, he gripped her sword wrist and moved behind her.
Instead, he stepped away and strode toward the door.
She resisted the urge to leave, instead riveting her gaze to A'Ran.
She trailed instead, eyes on the much smaller craft hovering near the tree.
Instead, he waited for you, and you've made him weak.
The men ignored the signs of war, instead keeping to a quick pace along their path.
Instead of stars overhead, there were ships.
She wasn't sure what to say and offered a smile instead.
Instead, she drew a deep breath and approached the fountain.
His tone didn't change, as if she'd just told him she was going shopping instead of sacrificing the rest of her life for his people.
Instead, she cried, feeling more alone than she had since leaving earth.
Instead, she ran as fast as she could on the trail.
He'd waited too long for the Council to support him instead of returning to the planet that needed him.
It ignored her, focusing instead on scratching at a spot of dirt, one of its main food sources.
She crossed to sit where she couldn't see any of her paintings and instead gazed at Evelyn.
She looked at the ground instead of Evelyn, feeling bereft once again.
Fred telephoned from the library that he would not be back for dinner, instead no doubt tasting some widow's fare.
Instead, they literally forced her to wed Jerome Shipton, a widowed family friend twelve years her senior.
He smiled but reached for a fresh muffin instead.
A lengthy conversation was two grunts instead of one.
If you'd let me drive, you could sit around here on your duff instead.
Cynthia just ignored them, instead watching the younger, more civilized occupants of the room play their card game.
Dean hoped Edith would tell the old witch where to stuff it, but instead she looked as if she had just won an auction bid for a coronation gown.
Ryland suggested they carry her to his first floor room instead of trying to maneuver her upstairs.
Instead I ambled past the house where I am to trade a damp and soiled mattress for domestic duties when arrangements are finally made by Joshua.
Instead of everyone running around, slipping and sliding, shoveling slushy muck and shivering, here people just shift into a lower gear, listen to the quiet and enjoy the temporary peace.
You tried to beat the shit out of Shipton only hours before and instead he damned near beat the shit out of you.
It looked like young Donnie had a chance at life, in a home where love was in residence, instead of hatred and desperation.
Why didn't she just do it then, instead of putting me in here?
He held out his hand for the dog to sniff, but Nikolai nuzzled his nose into it instead.
I made the decision to work the farm instead of selling the place and getting a job at some factory.
She should have been delighted instead of feeling frustrated.
His crestfallen look should have been a victory, but instead she wished she could eat the words.
Instead, he took her face in his hands, caressing her cheeks with his thumbs.
It was on her mind to move away, but instead she found her face lifting to his - seeking out his lips.
How about some of those left over biscuits instead?
Goats have two spigots instead of four, but the milking machinery is basically the same.
Instead, she discovered it was Josh.
Lana grimaced internally at the thought of dealing with the crazy man who should've been running the command center instead of her.
He broke away before she reached him, instead striding towards her.
Instead, he watched red creep up Dan's face.
Instead, she stretched for the laser gun, grasping it.
She quelled her sense of panic, instead moving as far from them as possible to the kitchen and hoping they didn't notice her.
Instead, he turned and approached her again.
Brady didn't move away as he planned, instead teasing her mouth open.
Instead, he hefted his pack and left for the awaiting helo.
Brady raised his gun instead, aiming it at the man holding her.
He snatched her, though instead of pushing her away, he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her, deep and hard.
Instead, she found herself recalling what almost happened.
Instead of answering, he rose and faced her.
Instead, he sat down on the couch and pulled the keypad free from his pocket.
Instead of retreating into the forest—the way they'd come—he walked behind a boulder and started up a set of long, shallow steps leading up the mountain.
Instead, she sat and stewed.
Instead of leaving like Rhyn wished he would, the angel lay down beside him.
She can't take a soul whose time has not yet come, and she was in the mortal world. She offered me a job instead, to work for her.
She turned, expecting to see another shadow disappear. Instead, someone stood before her, close enough to touch her.
Katie frowned. In the course of a day, Gabe had gone from emotional to unaffected when discussing Death. He was distracted, and she felt like she was talking to someone completely different. Blaming herself for taking his mind off of their survival, she fell silent and followed him. Briars and branches caught her pant legs, and she found herself slowing to push more and more of the jungle's flora out of the way. Gabe, too, began to struggle with the bramble, and she noticed the jungle no longer laid their path before him. Instead of clearing away to allow them passage, it stayed where it was, obstructing them.
A tingle of alarm went through Rhyn, but his head was too heavy for him to process it. Instead, he focused hard on containing the power within him. When he felt he wouldn't explode, he looked around. Darkyn had claimed Kris's library and stood near a pane of windows overlooking the snowy Alps.
Rhyn ignored them, instead fixating on how to track Death in the underworld. He stumbled with his first step but was soon running hard through the castle, his mind on finding Death to regain Katie.
Instead of the supportive response he expected, Kiki was quiet.
Instead of looking cheered at his words, she looked unconvinced.
Even if Lilith wasn't meant to be his mate, she didn't deserve such a brutal death. She didn't deserve death at all. Instead of mourning a son, Kris could've spent the past few thousand years raising a successor.
From now on she'd use the step-stool instead of doing it the lazy way.
I hired someone instead of trying to do it myself.
You promised to protect me, but instead you ran off and left me to take care of myself.
His friend was dying and instead of getting the support he needed from his family, he had been sworn to silence.
I'm sorry I betrayed you instead.
When you called Gerald instead of me because you thought I would be upset, do you have any idea how that made me feel?
Instead of a marriage ceremony, we could take merger vows.
Instead of dirt, the floors were made of hardwood so rich that the layer of dust couldn't hide its beauty.
Instead of the sweet taste she expected, it was bitter - like alum.
Instead, he slipped an arm behind her back and one under her legs.
I'm beginning to feel smothered instead of loved.
If this cabin had only been in the California hills, instead of so many miles away, it would make an excellent investment.
She slipped into a pair of white sandals and grabbed her purse, giving her long curls a toss to send them cascading down her back instead of tickling her shoulders.
Sometime you're going to have to learn to stand up for what you want instead of letting your father take care of everything for you.
It was the kind of finery she should be wearing, instead of being trapped in rags at the edge of the city.
Instead of going home right away, he went to the last location where the Black God had been.
Jessi waited to see if she'd wake up instead of standing in the hallway, being threatened by a kid a little older than Brandon.
Instead of a key, there was a code to enter the condo located in a ritzy building on a private beach.
Instead of comforting him, he was suspicious of the morning routine.
Rattled and thrilled, she moved to the other side of the bed to reach the pillows there instead of stretching.
You're saying that, instead of treating him like I do my teenage cousins, I should pretend I'm dealing with a five-year-old who's convinced his stick figure drawing is a masterpiece.
Jessi didn't want to guess why he sounded pissed by the fact she made three trips instead of one.
Instead, the opposite happened.
Part of her hoped he was too tired to do anything, that he took a nap instead and she was able to free the necklace.
Instead, he went to the kitchen and made a pot of coffee.
Instead of going through the drive through every day to eat, it's like hunting your prey down.
Instead, she grabbed a coffee and sat across the food court, within view.
Instead, she bound my power and made me immortal.
The idea of spending the day with a vamp instead of Jessi was unappealing.
Instead, he almost felt the need to wrap his arms around her to protect her.
What am I doing here instead of making sure Jonny can't get to her?
Retreating to the center of the room, she tried to think instead of outright panicking.
Instead, she trotted down the gravel driveway, each crunching step making her cringe.
Instead, he pulled her against him, between him and the Other.
All she had to do was trust him Monday, and she would've spent the week with him, instead of two nights.
The Original Other didn't release her, instead pulling her back a few steps.
For while at New College only twenty out of seventy fellows were to study law instead of arts, philosophy and theology, at All Souls College sixteen were to be " jurists " and only twenty-four " artists "; and while at New College there were ten chaplains and three clerks necessarily, at All Souls the number was not defined but left optional; so that there are now only one chaplain and four bible clerks.
Instead of these it has moundmaking turkeys, honey-suckers, cockatoos and brush-tongued lories, all of which are found nowhere else in the world.
He described it as barren and sterile, and almost devoid of animals, the only one of any importance somewhat resembling a raccoon - a strange creature, which advanced by great bounds or leaps instead of walking, using only its hind legs, and covering 12 or 15 ft.
When feudal possessions, instead of being purely personal, were vested in the families of the holder after the death of Charlemagne, Tournai was specially assigned to Baldwin of the Iron Arm by [[Charles (disambiguation)|Charles Knights Jousting With Cronells On Tt-Tfir Lances]].
Instead, we find the Sakai occupying this position, thus indicating that they have been driven northward by the Malays, and that the latter people has not been expelled by the Mon-Khmer races from the countries now represented by Burma, Siam and French Indo-China.
Instead they used every endeavour to establish friendly relations with the rulers of all the neighbouring kingdoms, and before d'Alboquerque returned to India he despatched embassies to China, Siam, and several kingdoms of Sumatra, and sent a small fleet, with orders to assume a highly conciliatory attitude toward all natives, in search of the Moluccas.
Instead, however, of proceeding with the work of practical legislation, accepting the Instrument of Government without challenge as the basis of its authority, the parliament immediately began to discuss and find fault with the constitution and to debate about "Fundamentals."
After the close of the war with Mexico Green was sent to that country in 1849 by President Taylor to negotiate concerning the moneys which, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States had agreed to pay; and he saved his country a considerable sum by arranging for payment in exchange instead of in specie.
From the surface to 500 fathoms the general form of the isothermals remains the same, except that instead of an equatorial maximum belt there is a focus of maximum temperature off the eastern coast of the United States.
It is practically a traveller mounted on high legs, so as to permit of its being travelled on rails placed on the ground level, instead of on an elevated gantry.
When the key is in the middle position, that is, not making connexion with either the front or back contacts, the received currents pass through both coils of the relay and the rheostat; no interference is, however, felt from this extra resistance because, although the current is halved, it has double the effect on the relay, because it passes through two coils instead of one.
In Squier and Crehore's " Synchronograph " system " sine waves of current, instead of sharp " makes and breaks," or sharp reversals, are employed for transmitting signals, the waves being produced by an alternating-current dynamo, and regulated by means of a perforated paper ribbon, as in the Wheatstone automatic system.
By a modification of this apparatus the message, instead of being immediately re-transmitted into the second cable, can be punched on a paper slip, which can be inserted in the usual way into an automatic transmitter, so as to send either cable or Morse signals.
Instead of inserting the sensitive tube between the receiving antenna and the earth, he inserted the primary coil of a peculiar form of oscillation transformer and connected the terminals of the tube to the secondary circuit of the transformer.
Wehnelt discovered that the same effect could be produced by using instead of a carbon filament a platinum wire covered with the oxides of calcium or barium, which when incandescent have the property of copiously emitting negative ions.
This is shown by the occasional appearance of r instead of final s.
Dolbear, 2 the effects were produced by electrostatic instead of electromagnetic forces, as in con- the Bell telephone.
In this arrangement, instead of the circuit being made through the jacks in series, each jack is connected to an independent branch from the main circuit.
Subscribers to exchanges may also make arrangements to have all telegrams (except Press telegrams) ad - dressed to them delivered by telephone instead of messenger.
But the Apennines of Central Italy, instead of presenting, like the Alps and the northern Apennines, a definite central ridge, with transverse valleys leading down from it on both sides, in reality constitute a mountain mass of very considerable breadth, composed of a number of minor ranges and groups of mountains, which preserve a generally parallel direction, and are separated by upland valleys, some of them of considerable extent as well as considerable elevation above the sea.
The former qualifications for electorship in local government elections have been modified, and it is now sufficient to pay five lire annually in, direct taxes, five lire of certain communal taxes, or a certain rental (which varies according to the population of a commune), instead of being obliged to pay, as previously, at least five lire annually of direct taxes to the state.
Instead of opposing Francesco Sforza in Milan, he lent him his prestige and influence, foreseeing that the dynastic future of his own family and the pacification of Italy might be secured by a balance of power in which Florence should rank on equal terms with Milan and Naples.
He also persuaded the new ruler to inaugurate, as King Humbert I., the new dynastical epoch of the kings of Italy, instead of continuing as Humbert IV.
By a strange anomaly the Radical measures brought forward by the Left diminished instead of increasing the distance between it and the Conservatives.
Instead of maintaining a firm policy, Giolitti allowed the movement to spread until, towards the autumn of 1893, he became alarmed and drafted troops into the island, though in numbers insufficient to restore order.
The deputies of the Extreme Left, instead of using their influence in favor of pacification, could think of nothing better than to demand an immediate convocation of parliament in order that they might present a bill forbidding the troops and police to use their arms in all conflicts between capital and labor, whatever the provocation might be.
He was the first of his class who endeavoured to trace the causes of events, instead of contenting himself with a bare statement of facts.
He was, however, still greatly disliked by the Whigs, and William, instead of reinstating him in the lord treasurership, only appointed him president of the council in February 1689.
Early in 1783 the marquess of Carmarthen, as he was called, was selected as ambassador to France, but he did not take up this appointment, becoming instead secretary for foreign affairs under William Pitt in December of the same year.
This kind of writ allowed a man to refer the question of his guilt or innocence to the verdict of his neighbours instead of proving his innocence by the duel.
Honour is shown to an adult when he dies, by wrapping him in a cloth and placing him on a platform in a tree instead of burying him.
Instead of regarding living things as capable of arrangement in one series like the steps of a ladder, the results of modern investigation compel us to dispose them as if they were the twigs and branches of a tree.
The original road, too, adopted in imperial times a more devious but easier route by Aeclanum instead of by Trevicum.
Any bishop, priest or deacon " importuning " the emperor, instead of exerting his right of appeal to synods, is to lose all right of appeal and never to be restored or pardoned.
In Africa in the beginning of the 5th century Apiarius, a priest who had been deposed by the bishop of Sicca for immorality, and whose deposition had been affirmed by the " provincial synod," instead of further appealing to a general synod of Africa, carried his appeal to Pope Zosimus.
But the bishop may instead send the cause, in first instance, to the old provincial court, to which appeal lies, if it be not so sent.
Instead, they became a third, ill-understood source of tin, conceived of as distinct from Spain or Britain.
He defined them as possessing radial instead of bilateral symmetry, and as apparently destitute of nervous system and sense organs, as having the circulatory system rudimentary or absent, and the respiratory organs on or coextensive with the surface of the body; he included under this title and definition five classes, - Echinodermata, Acalepha, Entozoa, Polypi and Infusoria.
The gaps in the outer tubular stele, however, are formed by the departure of aerial branch-traces, instead of leaf-traces as in the ferns.
In some cases the heart-wood, instead of becoming specially hard, remains soft and easily rots, so that the trunk of the tree frequently becomes hollow, as is commonly the case in the willow.
Instead of regarding these as only ministering to the construction of the bulky portions, the living protoplasts take the first place as the essential portion of the tree, and all the other features are important mainly as ministering to their individual well-being and to their multiplication.
They have shown that columns of water of very small diameter can so resist tensile strain that they can be lifted bodily instead of flowing along the channel, They suggest that the forces causing the movement are complex, and draw particular attention to the pull upwards in consequence of disturbances in the leaves.
Instead of presenting the appearance of a continuous band in which all the colors are represented, it is interrupted by seven vertical dark spaces.
In other cases the Fungus is virulent and rampant, and, instead of a local effect, exerts a general destructive action throughout the plant-e.g.
The reduction is brought about simply by the segmentation of the spirem thread into half the number of segments instead of the normal number.
It was not until many centuries had passed that the parts began to be regarded from the point of view of their essential nature and of their mutual relations; that is, morphologically instead of organographically.
Instead of large continuous areas, in which local characteristics sometimes blend, it occupies widely dissevered territories in which specialization, intensified by long se1/2aration, hai mostly effaced the possibility of comparing species hnd even genera and compels us to seek for points of contact in groups of a higher order.
Instead, his successor Tiberius organized the Rhine frontier in two military districts.
In consequence of this outbreak of patriotic enthusiasm, the school was soon after closed by Louis XVIII., and the young student was compelled to seek some other career instead of that of the soldier.
It was chosen as the seat of Turkish government in 1850, instead of Travnik.
He had also, by virtue of an ancient custom, the power of giving the first dish from the king's table to whatever poor person he pleased, or, instead of it, alms in money, which custom is kept up by the lord high almoner distributing as many silver pennies as the sovereign has years of age to poor men and women on Maundy Thursday.
Instead of aiming at Church extension, they built settlements on the estates of friendly noblemen, erected Brethren's and Sisters' houses, and cultivated a quiet type of spiritual life.
The edict of emancipation abolished this jurisdiction, and set up instead in each volost a court particular to the peasants (volostnye sud), of which the judges and jury, themselves peasants, were elected by the assembly of the volost (volostnye skhod) each year.
Here again both capital and labour are short, and the cultivation of the soil suffers from the fact that, owing to the absence of timber, dry dung is used for fuel instead of being employed as manure.
Instead of conforming to abstract principles of public law and hereditary succession, they strove to enlarge their territories at the expense of their rivals, and to leave them at their death to their sons rather than to their brothers, nephews and more distant relations.
Ambitious members of the Rurik dynasty, instead of seeking to acquire territory by conquest in the field, now sought to attain their ends by intrigue and bribery at the Mongol court.
Instead of a wellorganized army of the modern type there was merely an undisciplined militia composed almost exclusively of irregular cavalry; and the national defences as a whole were so weak that, in the opinion of such a competent authority as Maurice of Saxony, the country might easily be conquered by a regular army of 48,000 men.
He thought of going on the crusade to Barbary; but instead, in July 1390, went to serve with the Teutonic knights in Lithuania.
In certain respects, on the other hand, America has gone further than the United Kingdom, especially in the matter of automatic signalling, and in the operating of points and signals by electrical power or air-pressure instead of manual labour.
It created a Commerce Court (composed of five judges nominated by the president of the United States from the Federal circuit judges), transferred to it jurisdiction in cases instituted to enforce or set aside orders of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, and made the United States instead of the Commission a party in all such actions.
To a less degree, the same is true of railways built for a special instead of a general commercial interest.
Instead of the borrowing power being restricted to a small percentage of the total capital, as in European countries, most of the railway mileage of America has been built with borrowed money, represented by bonds, while stock has been given freely as an inducement to subscribe to the bonds on the XXII.
Except in hard rock, the top width of a cutting, and therefore the amount of material to be excavated, increases rapidly with the depth; hence if a cutting exceeds a certain depth, which varies with the particular circumstances, it may be more economical, instead of forming the sides at the slope at which the material of which they are composed will stand, to make them nearly vertical and support the soil with a retaining wall, or to bore a tunnel.
The keys which hold the rail in the chairs are usually of oak and are placed outside the rails; the inside position has also been employed, but has the disadvantage of detracting from the elasticity of the road since the weight of a passing train presses the rails up against a rigid mass of metal instead of against a slightly yielding block of wood.
Occasionally the American eight-coupled type has a bogie instead of a single leading axle (4-8-0), and is then termed a " Twelve-wheeler," or " Mastodon."