Sentence examples for instead of dead from inspiring English sources

Instead of dead cells pickled on a glass slide, he photographs living cells, in cross-sections so minute that a light-wave measurement must define the distance.

"We hear that some towns use No Outlet instead of Dead End because they think it sounds less morbid," she told me.

This means that this year's Braves and Red Sox teams would still be around, instead of dead the way they are.

Twitter's live stream is interspersed with normal CBS broadcast material, so dull moments at the convention are filled with news fodder instead of dead air.

Instead of dead people, however, Trump sees himself.

Accidentally played dad instead of dead when I encountered a bear and now it can ride a bike without training wheels.

For example, targeted jobs programs that don't just focus on male-dominated industries like construction, or reforms to welfare-to-work programs that actually move women into real careers instead of dead-end low-wage jobs.It also wouldn't hurt to revise the tax codes that privilege married heterosexuals and unemployment insurance policies that discriminate against low-income women.

"If there are 3,000 dead instead of 6,000 dead that does not make the tragedy half as bad," Mr. Best said.

Bad stuff happens for the holidays in our household: the time the wife broke both feet while trying to hang Christmas lights; the apple pie that was accidentally seasoned with black pepper instead of cinnamon; dead cars; dead pets.

"If we had thought that instead of 200 dead over there, 2,000 dead would finish the matter once and for all, then maybe we would have used much more force," Mr. Barak said in a radio interview.

Instead, thousands of dead starlings rained down on the Griggstown section of Franklin Township a week ago, startling residents and drawing attention to federal agriculture officials who poisoned the birds after a farmer complained that his fields were under siege by the speckled feathered creatures.