Sentence examples for instead of a celebration from inspiring English sources

But instead of a celebration he saw the bodies of Taliban soldiers scattered in the streets.

It was Girardi who suggested that this has become a burden instead of a celebration of a brilliant career, sprinkling thoughtful responses with phrases like "get this out of the way" or "get over with" and "get through it".

He betrayed no signs of the pursuit weighing on him, though Girardi sprinkled his thoughtful responses with phrases like "get this out of the way" or "get over with" and "get through it," as if it has become a burden instead of a celebration of a superb career.

Says Sagdeev, "Instead of a celebration, it has turned into a funeral".

Traditionally, a slow clap was considered a kind of heckle instead of a celebration, though now it's considered a kind of winking or ironic celebration of something dramatic "epic".

He asked instead for a "Celebration of Life" and for his ashes to be mailed to people he admired.

Here, instead of meaning a celebration of community, the word "communal" indicates sectarian conflict.

Their fifth anniversary there is coming up, but instead of readying a celebration, they await an American attack.

Instead of a wild celebration, there was mutual respect as a relieved Sampras greeted Agassi at the net before walking off with his image salvaged in a 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) victory.

Right now, I'm still in the place where I feel so robbed of her that if I write about her it would just be a piece about grief and anguish instead of a real celebration of what she was like".

Friday night's concert had been scheduled months ago, but instead of a cheerful celebration of his latest choral work – a setting of three Shakespeare sonnets – it turned into his memorial service with family, friends and fans – the opening line of the last poem sounding a note of awful appropriateness: "No longer mourn for me when I am dead".