Sentence examples for instead of men from inspiring English sources

(He just issued a decree allowing women, instead of men, to sell women lingerie).

They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men.

As Mr. Obama has said, fathers often "abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men".

But instead of men, the former major will spend his days this spring marshalling apples, pears, cherries and asparagus.

It was only two years ago that Saudi Arabia, hypocritical home to many racy lingerie stores, compelled them all to employ women instead of men.

Isn't this just high-end victim blaming: female MPs being told they should be able to hack it, instead of men being told they should stop it?

"Instead of manning the barricades, he wrote books and preached graceful sermons," Mr. Cryer writes.

Instead of manning the barricades, Björk turned to the context she knows best and held a concert.

CAUGHT SHORT IN COVERAGE The Jets seemed surprised that the Raiders shifted their coverage, favoring zone instead of man-to-man.

Brown was referring to opponents' now defending him and his 39-year-old receiving partner, Jerry Rice, with zone coverage instead of man-to-man.

There were still some double teams, but the Cowboys also played more zone coverage instead of man-to-man, forcing Cruz to be more cerebral at the line of scrimmage and adjust on the fly.