Sentence examples for instead of flush from inspiring English sources

In addition, the subdial may be raised from the surface of the watch, instead of flush with its face, or may be positioned incorrectly.

Check to make sure that the measuring tape is in the middle or bottom of the belt holes, instead of flush with the top.

Instead of flushing toilets, they shared a pit latrine with their neighbors.

Using gel filters instead of flushing water means less bacteria growth and less smell, he said.

A common occurrence is that passengers in the toilets will hit the alarm instead of flushing the toilet.

The collected drugs will be incinerated instead of flushed down toilets, which can release them into the water supply.

He went into the bathroom and instead of flushing it down the toilet he opened the window and let it out.

The Shrimp Factory, instead of flushing out waste-filled water, would run it through what is essentially a sewage treatment system, Mr. Culley said.

The minister for drought (yes, a real thing), Denis Howell, suggested people pour washing-up water into the toilet instead of flushing and "take a bath with a friend".

A Virgin train was the scene again for a blunder by health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who startled travellers on the journey to Manchester in 2015 as he pulled the emergency cord in the toilet instead of flushing the loo.

R.C.: Well, yeah, and I got spoiled in underground comics, where I could draw my craziest sex fantasies and get them published instead of flushing them down the toilet, that was incredible to me.