Sentence examples for instead of rapping from inspiring English sources

Instead of rapping Mr. Jones on the knuckles, we should smile serenely at the glories that are denied him.

Instead of rapping for fans his own age he's back to targeting young people, except now he's talking down to them.

During their conversation, Noah and Wood reimagined "Straight Outta Compton," whose only nomination was for its two white screenwriters, as an Oscar contender called "Straight Outta Cotton," in which, instead of rapping "Fuck the Police," N.W.A. hums slave spirituals.

His latest, "808s & Heartbreak," tries a different tack, singing instead of rapping, and doing so with a kind of straightforward bluntness that Jon Caramanica writes suggests a lack of filters.

Instead of rapping out those few momentous paragraphs, Eppie entertains us with cozy tales of her colorful history, interspersing these with readings of some of her favorite letters, which she is filing in various folders to prepare for a book.

I suspect that he retreated to the shelter of his own mind; the rhythm of the later films is no longer headlong but lilting, and you feel Antoine agreeing to shake hands with life, or at least duck nimbly out of its path, instead of rapping it with his fists.

She sings instead of raps and dances in a blank room with bad lighting.

"For the first time in history, those who sell marijuana are receiving licenses from the state instead of rap sheets.

In addition, other types of mTOR inhibitor, temsirolimus and everolimus, could be applied in our anti-CD19-targeted liposomal system instead of Rap as these mTOR inhibitors also induced cell death effectively in SKW6.4 cells (data not shown).

"Instead of just rapping those kids on the knuckles and saying, 'Don't do that again,' they killed them," Mr. Oneto said.

Taylor's match ended as the Angels and the Rangers were getting under way 30 miles south on Interstate 5. On the 40-minute drive home, Taylor, in a nod to the game's importance, let Anne tune the radio to the Angels' network instead of the rap station she prefers.