Sentence examples similar to instead of holds from inspiring English sources

"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.

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.

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

Instead of holding a club in our hand, we have our finger on a nuclear launch-pad button.

Instead of holding the Palestinians to their promises and establishing mutual trust, it looked only at the goal of peace.

Instead of holding back, he is throwing in a variety of contorted kick serves to cross up opponents, especially Enqvist.

Instead of holding a steady job, he said, Mr. Fischer would virtually encamp at a table at the New York Public Library.