Sentence examples for instead of being at from inspiring English sources

I watched the whole day – instead of being at school.

"We want to live symbiotically with the earth, instead of being at war with it".

Instead of being at the centre of things, I became an afterthought".

On my birthday, my sixtieth birthday, instead of being at home with my friends I would go to Auschwitz.

Instead of being at the U.S.C. 12-yard line, the Hokies had a first and 25 from their 41.

Instead of being at the bottom of their weight range, like the chronic dieters, many people are at the top.

Instead of being talked AT, we get to do our own telling, and open ourselves up to be transformed by the process.

How would the potential at point b vary if the potential at point a, instead of being maintained at +50 volts, were to remain at +50 volts for only a short time, say, one millisecond, and then return to zero?

Would some kernel people prefer getting tucked in at night instead of being cursed at?

It must be nice to actually be good at doing something instead of being shitty at the guitar like how I was.

Instead of being marketed at an adult or collector audience, it's aimed at children.