Sentence examples for but instead of acquiescing from inspiring English sources

But instead of acquiescing in his illegal annexation of Crimea, they should reflect on what kind of a world order they want to live under.

But instead of acquiescing to the self-described "Swifties," it's fighting back against what it calls bullying.

Instead of acquiescing in a foreign occupation, the ordinary citizens of Athens spontaneously converged on the Acropolis and surrounded the Spartan army.

Instead of acquiescing to the knee-jerk reflex of responding to every incoming message, we should put these devices in their place — that is, to serve us, and not the other way around.

Instead of acquiescing, Inman created a fund to donate money to the American Cancer Society and the National Wildlife Foundation.

Instead of acquiescing the dating giant's request to rename the app, 3nder launched a spectacularly childish counter-attack, encouraging its users to ship dirty socks to Tinder's headquarters.

The Military Council's miserable mismanagement of the country following the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak brought back the youth to Tahrir Square and gave them -- unintentionally rather than deliberately -- the precious gift of reclaiming the power of initiative, instead of acquiescing to the hijacking of the revolution by the Islamists.

Such innovative collaborations, instead of acquiescing to demands that global health funding be transferred to defense [ 55], stand to achieve both altruistic, intelligence, and security goals simultaneously.

But instead of trusting the country to understand that, the president has instead largely acquiesced to the Republican mantra that when American families have to tighten their belts, so does the government, and has chosen as his distinction-drawing principle the disagreement over tax cuts for the wealthy.

But instead of consistency, these use ignorance.

But instead of fear we seem complacent.