Sentence examples for instead of quickly from inspiring English sources

Instead of quickly changing the subject, as many hosts would, he slaughters the offenders with pure politesse.

Instead of quickly marching to power, the rebels were beaten when they tried to take Congo's capital, Kinshasa.

Instead of quickly becoming bullish, the typical newsletter editor believed the rally to be a bear-market trap.

"They're making permanent changes," she said, instead of quickly hiring back workers once a recession is over.

He has pushed banks and debt tribunals to remove influential business leaders during bankruptcy proceedings, instead of quickly writing off their debts.

Instead of quickly unloading assets seized from the owners of failed banks, Indonesia's government will hold them as collateral: they will then be sold off gradually over the next four years, until the bankers have repaid their debts.

In this way, the amount of debt owned by the bank gradually decreases over time, instead of shrinking quickly after a selloff.

Few hundreds are actually found in consumer wallets; instead of passing quickly from hand to hand, they tend to be held as a reliable store of value.

Instead of closing quickly, venture firms in trouble are likely to become unable or unwilling to raise funds, and to have their star performers leave for better opportunities.

Instead of dying quickly as previous cell lines had, they kept replicating at an astonishing rate, earning them the label "immortal" and making them immensely valuable to any scientist who wanted a stable base for experiments.

Instead of acting quickly, we took too long to decide on the right solution.