Sentence examples for instead of holding out from inspiring English sources

And instead of holding out a promise, making long sweeps toward catharsis, Sightings keeps lurching and retreating and disorienting you.

And after markets rallied in 2009 and 2010, instead of holding out for more gains, he took money off the table and returned $9 billion to investors in his hedge fund.

"Instead of holding out carrots, they are beating us with sticks," said Mr. Furlan, noting that Europe's finicky regulators have raised none of the obstacles imposed by the United States.

My Italian colleagues told me I "ate with the chickens" because I got hungry at 7 p.m. instead of holding out until the more civilized hour of 9 p.m.

"The league thinks the best way to get a resolution of the whole situation, the best way to get players on the field, is to have everybody understand this is a labor dispute, and instead of holding out hope for antitrust action they should focus on getting back to football," said Clement, who succeeded Olson as the solicitor general.

Asked whether his chances of scoring 30 goals would have been better had he reported to camp instead of holding out for the first nine games of the season, Elias said, "I got here late because I believed in what I was doing, and I don't regret it".

Instead, they're holding out for the return of the land itself.

It is a shame in the 21st century that, instead of powerful people holding out a hand, refugees are treated in such an aggressive and inhuman way.

Instead, they are holding out for economic recovery.

Instead, Apple's holding out for Intel's 8161 chip.

By E. B. White The New Yorker, May 26 , 1945P. 15 Comment on the Fifth Avenue Coach Co. wanting to operate double-decker buses using only one man instead of two; & the union holding out on them.