Sentence examples for instead of clinging from inspiring English sources

But instead of clinging to his fame and fortune like those divas of yore, Johnny relinquishes his humanity to it.

Instead of clinging to the forlorn hope that Mr Hussein will live up to his legal and moral responsibilities, perhaps America and Britain need to rethink a policy that has so embittered and impoverished his people.

Instead of clinging to late-20th-century distribution technologies, like the digital disk and the downloaded file, the music business should move into the 21st century with a revamped business model using innovative technology, several industry experts say.

Instead of clinging to each other in relief, we found the talking hard, the touching harder — so much harder than I thought it would be, rife with old tensions, unpredictable land mines and calcified pain.

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell today called on President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to "submit to the law and the will of the people" in a fair and free presidential election next year instead of clinging to power.

Instead of clinging to the myth of presidential infallibility, and weighing weasel words as if they are golden ingots, Coe should listen to a plaintive voice which might reconnect him with the purity of purpose which propelled him into his sport, aged 11.

Unless you happen to be Chinese, Indian, American or perhaps Russian, the era of the nation state is over, and the average person is better off throwing his or her weight behind a body which has at least some gravitas in the world, instead of romantically clinging to the misty-eyed notion that Britain is a world power.

Are you tired of clinging?

Recognize the costs of clinging.

And clinging today plants the seeds of clinging tomorrow.

But by and large, HOWSLA doesn't do that, instead mostly clinging to the dancefloor life raft of a consistent kick drum.