Sentence examples for instead of hit from inspiring English sources

The game played at the Mexican or Central American immigrant picnic is family-style, with lots of long volleys, partly because the ball is nearly caught and hurled back and forth, instead of hit with the fingertips.

"The difference in today's attack is the infiltration of Sheikh Zuweid and the preparation for urban warfare instead of hit and run attacks," said Zack Gold, a  visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies.

In "this most onomatopoeic of languages" (says scholar Derrick McClure), you can be scunnert and stamagastert rather than surprised; skelpit, dirled or sklaffed instead of hit; and instead of just complaining, you peenge, yammer or girn.

(Corrects paragraph 2 to Russell 2000 neared a record peak instead of hit a record).

He started running the guy instead of hitting with him".

Instead of hitting each other, you keep punching the Lebanese.

"Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we're going to hit singles," Mr. Obama said.

Instead of hitting the ball with his head, Maradona had used his hand.

They're trying to shoot at his legs instead of hitting him straight on".

Instead of hitting the field, high school students are better off hitting the books.

A couple of the balls finally went through the hoop instead of hitting iron.