Sentence examples for instead of plunging from inspiring English sources

And, instead of plunging during the 1990s, the rate would have fallen only a little.

But instead of plunging into another movie, he took some time off.

Stock prices shot up, instead of plunging, as they often do in reaction to a strong employment report.

Instead of plunging into Shakespeare's subterranean world of male rites and betrayals, Bailey seems like a girl gingerly playing with her brother's G.I. Joes.

Instead of plunging into the Atlantic ocean, as traditionally happens, the 15-storey first stage flew itself back to the launch pad and touched down.

They drove through their forwards, and Olivier Magne just for once threw out a pass instead of plunging for the line himself.

Gbagbo, 69, is accused of plunging his country into civil war instead of relinquishing power after losing elections in 2010.

But he stops short of plunging in to represent any transactions, instead tagging along on a couple of open houses, which feels anticlimactic, to say the least.

But he chose instead to plunge in, seduced by the chimera of a "grand bargain" with John Boehner, the Republican speaker.

Of course, you can relax under a handmade quilt instead while plunging into an order of room-service samosas.

You notice how much more merrily that last sentence bounced along because I chose "spring" to express spending, instead of, say, "plunge," and "lighter" instead of, say, "less staggering".