Sentence examples for instead of admiring from inspiring English sources

But instead of admiring his achievement, the public and the critics were appalled by it.

But, we wondered, was there a place we could go where we would be in nature instead of admiring it from afar?

Also, I am surprised that instead of admiring Mr. Bush for his plain talk with Gen. Pervez Musharraf in pushing for democracy in Pakistan and denying his country similar terms, you criticize him for insulting General Musharraf.

Instead of admiring Havana's old cars, Americans should be selling them new ones".

The sinewy chords don't have a skeleton to hang onto, so instead of admiring their narrative structure, you drift off and look inwards.

Yet he was a reluctant tourist and on family holidays would usually be seen contemplating his most recent manuscript instead of admiring the relevant sights' (Dr Tom Newsom-Davis).

The familial emphasis on education and demonstrated success of Asian students -- instead of admired -- is sometimes a source of envy as Asians are admitted to high-ranking universities in greater numbers than other so-called minorities.

Instead we get lots of admiring accounts of the "mass heroism" of the Soviet people, designed to both commemorate the fallen and glorify the regime he embodied.

(Ages 5 to 9) Ikarus, the new boy in school, has large white wings, but instead of being admired is a misfit.

She proceeded to say that Russia also has "a similar image of a national hero — this is our Cossacks," but instead of being admired they are made fun of by our "intelligentsia".

His novels brought him great pleasure and a circle of admiring readers.