Sentence examples for instead of performing from inspiring English sources

Instead of performing some rehearsed routine, he improvised.

Instead of performing old songs, he is writing new music in a range of formats.

You can't make it where the players are thinking too much instead of performing".

She approaches Mrs. Lovett not knowingly but searchingly, wondering how the character feels instead of "performing" her.

Obama flew from Washington to Denver to sign the stimulus package instead of performing the ceremony at the White House.

Instead of performing electronic imitations of a bell, they now blip insistently, like machines in an operating room.

Instead of performing with a D.J., Katy B was backed by a full band, including a trumpeter and a saxophonist.

Instead of performing "Jimmy Mack," she needed to tell the audience to stay calm and go home.

Instead of performing worse, the banks whose C.E.O.'s had the greatest incentives for excessive risk-taking fared better, on average, than others.

On 21 June, instead of performing with Morrissey at Brooklyn's 15,000-seating Barclays Center, Richard will hit the stage at the much smaller Gramercy.

I like to be at the side of the room watching other people dance instead of performing in the middle of the ballroom floor.