Sentence examples for i instead found from inspiring English sources

Expecting to browse merchandise in a store category called posters, for instance, I instead found myself looking at teaching boards.

On the day I almost ended my life, I instead found my first real beginning with the boy I had married and the man he had become.

When I opened the box expecting to see seed potatoes like the ones I get when I order Yukon Golds or Idaho Reds, I instead found pathetic little plants with wilted leaves and dried-out roots.

Keep Calm and Carry On Attempting to follow the directions to the athletes' village provided by a member of the Royal Air Force who seemed to be working in the security detail, I instead found myself at the aquatics center, scene of so many feats of buoyancy in recent days.

There was also an unforgettable New Year's Eve during which a taxi dropped me off at an address where a friend told me the party would be, and where I instead found a boarded-up empty building and – luckily – a pay phone nearby that meant I was calling my friend for the right address just as midnight struck.

Much to my surprise, I instead found that it provided me with a sense of peace that defied these preconceptions.

I instead find the more persuasive argument to be that angering the biggest market in the world might be bad for the bottom line, even if authorities there have been making it difficult for you to do business there.

I instead find that Mal and SRF are dispensable for cell proliferation and tissue growth in Drosophila.

I've instead found a reward in something that looks to normalize it.

I failed, and instead found myself doubting the judgement and/or honesty of Kandi's management.

This was not how I had pictured Taiyuan: expecting history and poignancy, I would instead find Prada and Paul Smith.