Sentence examples for instead of blessing from inspiring English sources

Instead of blessing kids at Christmas, the effort is condemned as duress, as though children who don't convert won't get presents.

She sees them as a cost instead of blessed benefits.

Instead of "God bless you," citizens are urged to respond to all sneezers with the slightly modified though equally non-secular "Jesus Christ".

And then, instead of feeling blessed that this nightmare didn't happen in your town, you might do better to ask yourself a variation of the line you hear on television at ten o'clock: Do you know who your children are? [cross-posted from HeadButler.com].

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"It should be handled carefully, because if not, it might end up being a curse instead of a blessing".

"If we don't have peace, this agreement will turn into a disaster for Afghanistan instead of a blessing".

Instead of saying "Bless you" when someone sneezes, people flee the room.

Had it not been for our founding fathers, radicals all, we would still be singing "God Save the Queen" instead of "God Bless America".

But the involvement of Mr. Lucas demonstrates how Mr. Trump appears to be mostly bypassing the traditional process of taking clemency recommendations from the Justice Department and is instead blessing the wishes of the well-connected.

He found an unexpected ally in the reforming Pope Innocent III, who, instead of destroying him, blessed the Order of St Francis.