Sentence examples for but instead of participating from inspiring English sources
But instead of participating in feminist dialogues about tearing down harmful and oppressive structures, MRAs are hell bent on making the discussion into the kind of excessively childish competition that would go on amongst second graders.
Instead of participating in graduation on May 31, Hall will play in a soccer tournament.
Instead of participating in the design of their new homes as Fathy had envisioned, most of the prospective residents of New Gourna refused even to talk to him.
Jindal said that, instead of participating in the debate, he was going to host a party for the other Republican candidates who were not chosen for it.
Later versions of X leaned toward country, while his songs have come to contemplate disintegration from a distance instead of participating in it.
Instead of participating in a champagne-laced celebration with his teammates at BMO Field in Toronto, Kandji was in the trainers' room.
She gives orders instead of participating in the conversation - and I have flat out-looked at my daughter and said "don't be bossy".
Giving students iPads during lectures, he argues, makes it all too easy for them to retreat to Facebook and the like instead of participating.
If this logic were applied to American participation in the World Cup, the United States national soccer team would be forced to stay home instead of participating in a tournament with Iran, another country with a repressive government.
