Sentence examples for instead of do from inspiring English sources

To dream instead of do.

Like him, they were people who couldn't just be instead of do, and consequently seldom left their ranch.

In one programme, Joan Bakewell mentioned that she changed the way she spoke when her Cambridge flatmates laughed at her for saying "wash the pots" instead of "do the washing up".

Instead of "Do Not Enter" or "Emergency Exit Only," this door simply says: "Nothing to see here". While some may say that it actually invites investigation into what's behind it, the sign gives the passerby a brief chuckle that is more than worth the inability to solve the mystery.

"You want to watch The Sopranos and open up a six-pack instead of do the laundry tonight?

As we Moms begin to teach instead of do, we have more time to be good to ourselves... while our kids develop what's helpful to them.

NON-STRIVING -- Meditation is about "non-doing" instead of doing.

Students procrastinate instead of doing their schoolwork.

Who thought instead of did.

Instead of doing sports, he learned to sew.

But, instead of doing that, he actually seized the opportunity.