Sentence examples for and does not so from inspiring English sources

The film is punctuated by mechanical sex scenes, and does not so much end as comes to a sudden halt.

He cuts a dramatic figure and doesn't so much chat as proclaim.

I crossed the line and did not so much collapse as disintegrate.

And didn't so much "happen" to catch him as dash to the television, having got wind of his exploits.

I tried twice to get into drama school and didn't, so I worked  my way up through the fringe.

Think positive thoughts and don't so negative all the time!

Goliath has the property of being essentially statue-shaped and Lumpl does not, so Goliath is not identical to Lumpl.

But there's another important point to discuss and debate, and it doesn't so much concern her.

"Chimps have elongated arms, and Andy doesn't, so the animators had to create that.

"We need to know what works and what doesn't so the next design gets much better," Mr. Hunt said.

And he doesn't so much foreshadow his twist ending as spoiler the hell out of it.