Sentence examples for instead of presents from inspiring English sources

Teenagers who celebrate Hanukkah, for instance, said they received one gift instead of presents on each of the holiday's eight nights.

Hazel had the kind of parents who, for instance, named their Christmas tree after their dead friend Phyllis and put a steaming meatloaf underneath it instead of presents because meatloaf had been Phyllis's favorite food.

A week before we returned to Nigeria for the Christmas holidays, I decided that instead of presents, I wanted donations to buy presents for the children in the local orphanage close to my family home.

And yet they remain popular, with so many people buying gift cards and vouchers instead of presents.

So Beatrice is celebrating her birthday and she told friends and family to buy toys instead of presents for her.

It's been a year since charity:water launched its site that organizes "give-up-your-birthday" campaigns, where people ask for donations instead of presents and the money goes to build wells in Africa.

Instead of presenting a beautiful PowerPoint presentation on a big screen, you have whiteboard and flip charts.

Instead of presenting a united front, agency officials bickered openly.

This time, instead of presenting him with a baby, she took him on a flight.

Instead of presenting obstacles to reform as we currently do, we could encourage it.

Instead of presenting the program on the same soundstage, it's a roadshow.