Sentence examples for instead of serious from inspiring English sources

Instead of serious discussion we get pictures of Obama shaking hands with school kids in Harlem, eliding the fact that he's promised almost nothing.

With Democrats in control of the Senate and the White House, legislative proposals from House Republicans could turn out to be symbolic irritants to Mr. Obama instead of serious policy options.

Thus, some cities' main response to air pollution is to restrict drivers to using their cars on alternating days, based on their license plate numbers, and we see half-baked policies instead of serious action.

"Instead of serious, sexual and violent offenders being released halfway through their sentence, we propose they should spend at least two-thirds of that sentence in prison, and that such offenders should never again be released early without the parole board being satisfied that it is safe to let this happen".

Is it because people tend to associate Ashton Kutcher with dopey comedy instead of serious drama?

Instead of serious oversight, there are endless hearings on faux scandals like Benghazi.

Instead of the serious drama Suffragette, she was in the musical of Made in Dagenham.

But for most college students, it is a nuisance instead of a serious health risk.

He writes best-selling sex-and-violence novels instead of the serious fiction he knows he should do.

Mr. Gingrich accused Mr. Wallace of "playing Mickey Mouse games" instead of asking serious questions, just one example of his crowd-pleasing penchant for turning the tables on the media.

Instead of a serious debate about trade, Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton have engaged in a depressing fit of pandering to voters in economically troubled Ohio.