Sentence examples for instead of dying from inspiring English sources

So this was my tiny rebellion -- instead of dying my hair, I dyed my skin.

They wake up instead of dying.

Instead of dying out, however, verse took on new vitality.

The chain reaction, instead of dying down, got a second wind.

Instead of dying at sea, people have died in offshore detention.

But instead of dying, James Rogers lived on in twilight for almost 22 more years.

Instead of dying, he is visited by the ghost (or dream) of Idi Amin.

He becomes generous to the Cratchit family, and Tiny Tim, instead of dying as was predicted, recovers.

Fortunately three good fairies flutter in, and with a few waves of their sparkling wands change fate: instead of dying, the princess will sleep.

One of the paper's authors, Ferdinando Boero, likened the Turritopsis to a butterfly that, instead of dying, turns back into a caterpillar.

"If I could kill myself without dying, if I could kill myself and instead of dying he died, I'd do it in a heartbeat".