Sentence examples for instead of miss from inspiring English sources

One day a substitute teacher came instead of Miss Brown.

"If an actor comes on and says ma'am instead of miss, I'd never know the difference," Mr. Altman said.

As such, it can be seen as a collection of minor alterations -- saying Ms. instead of Miss, examining the types of jokes we tell -- necessary to achieve such noble goals as tolerance and diversity.

I tended to missread putts instead of miss-hit them.

I can use my hands to hit instead of missing pitches.

If he had played better at the PGA Championship instead of missing the cut, Garcia said, he might have taken last week off.

Instead of missing at least six to eight weeks -- and possibly the rest of the season -- Camby is expected to be out three to four weeks.

Instead of missing the first four weeks of the season and 24 games, he will sit out only the first two weeks and 12 games.

"It takes a very small change in the Apophis orbit to cause it to impact the Earth instead of missing it," Mr. Schweickart said.

Instead of missing six weeks -- and possibly the season -- Camby said he would be disappointed if he was not back on the court within the next month.

Of course, the biggest complication of all is simply this: Instead of missing by a whisker, an ill-timed asteroid larger than Rhode Island could very well crash into the Earth.