Sentence examples for but discovered instead from inspiring English sources

He studied jazz at North Texas State University but discovered instead a passion for orchestral music.

I am not a Buddhist, but discovered instead that I am thoroughly a Taoist by nature, which is strange, as I was never, ever trained in Taoism.

He expected to find as much racial polarization as ever, but he discovered, instead, that Eugene Sawyer, an African-American who had been selected by the City Council to serve out Washington's term, was not energizing black voters.

But occupying forces discovered instead a weak government bureaucracy that had depended on Hussein and his strongmen for guidance.

Last Monday morning, anyone around town who stepped outside expecting either a loamy first whiff of spring or some more familiar indigenous reek discovered instead the faint but unmistakable smell of woodsmoke.

By Nick Paumgarten Last Monday morning, anyone around town who stepped outside expecting either a loamy first whiff of spring or some more familiar indigenous reek discovered instead the faint but unmistakable smell of woodsmoke.

In September 1849 he embarked by steamer from Virginia to New York, but never arrived at the intended destination; being discovered instead in a state of distress at a Baltimore inn, where he expired four days later.

I discovered instead that it was only the beginning of a new chapter.

Here she crystallizes what she discovered: "Instead, powerless individuals blamed other powerless individuals for what they lacked.

We discovered instead at about 7.30 on Friday morning that none of our staff had received their money".

What he discovered instead was of the liquid variety, and something that would quickly become Ecuador's best-selling liqueur.