Sentence examples for has instead spent from inspiring English sources

The freshly clean Reznor has instead spent the 21st century indulging his inner tech obsessive.

The president has instead spent much of his time watching television and tweeting, aides said.

He has instead spent much of his time trying to contain the damage done by the fraud.

Considered by many to be a candidate for a huge season, Rams running back Steven Jackson has instead spent most of the season on the sideline injured.

Mr Wolfowitz has instead spent most of his career cogitating about America's power in the world, representing it abroad and lobbying to enlarge it, first in congressional back offices, most recently at the intellectual forefront of George Bush's foreign policy.

The US administration has never had any reason for holding Mr. Al Haj, and has, instead, spent six years shamelessly attempting to turn him against his employers at al Jazeera.

But when the project ended, Anderson had instead spent $40 million on the oddest, tallest helicopter on earth.

The Pennsylvania native had instead spent 15 of the most important months in American history — from July 1860 to October 1861 — looking for the North Pole between and above Greenland and Canada.

Greek governments have instead spent years buying social peace and votes with public spending, generous pensions, tax breaks, EU money and jobs for life, directed to an array of rent-seeking interest groups.

Instead of spending time discussing a collective response to the refugee crisis, or preparing fresh economic sanctions against Russia for its disgraceful actions in Syria, Europe's leaders have instead spent many months attempting to redefine Britain's membership.

At the very point when Unison bureaucrats should have been digging in for the fight of their lives, they have instead spent months drawing up the terms of defeat.