Sentence examples for instead of held from inspiring English sources
Despite repeated problems with pirates in the Strait of Malacca between Indonesia and Malaysia and now in the waters of the Arabian Sea, ship owners worried that their crews would be killed instead of held for ransom if the crews tried to defend themselves and failed.
Fans still debate whether Gordon should have been sent home instead of held at third.
Keep your jaw loose so that your upper and lower rows of teeth are separated instead of held together.
Instead of holding forth an asylum to the persecuted, it is itself a signal of persecution.
"I like swimming fast in prelims and then fine-tuning instead of holding back".
Some states use a caucus - a local meeting system - instead of holding primaries.
He seems tentative and often is too quick in dumping passes instead of holding the ball.
Instead of holding news briefings, Ambassador John D. Negroponte plans to be nearly invisible.
Instead of holding rallies, they meet voters in secret, if they meet them at all.
The front of his house was half-missing — entire walls sitting in his yard instead of holding up his home.
Instead of holding the collateral, though, A.I.G. chased higher yields by reinvesting it in mortgage-backed securities.
