Sentence examples for instead of shells from inspiring English sources

Instead of shells, though, I picked up bowtie pasta because I like their crinkled nooks.

But no one had told locals about this particular battery of guns that had just been installed and fired rockets instead of shells.

Instead of shelling out the big bucks, I highly recommend going to a tango show at Café Tortoni (US $10-2010-20

But instead of shelling the militants facing Mr. Gantamirov's fighters, the Russian shells fell behind them, blocking their retreat and leaving the rebels untouched.

Like many Baghdadis, he prefers to spend 20 or 30 minutes scanning the front pages instead of shelling out money to buy a newspaper.

"I picked the Giro helmet because of the adjustable vents that allow me to control the heat around my head, and because I wanted fabric and the chin strap instead of shell around my ears," Mr. Davison said.

Instead of shelling out on a ripoff full-price bouquet of flowers tomorrow, buy the leftovers on Monday and keep them in a cupboard until next year, the way that people sometimes do with Christmas cards.

Some of the independent studios queuing for Oscars next week have cut their costs by spotting and nurturing cheap new talent, instead of shelling out neurotically for the established big stars.The new technologies will give these local industries a chance to blossom further.

Instead of shelling out for a vacation home, try Airbnb.

Instead of shelling out that six percent, take advantage of new online real estate options.

Instead of shelling out thousands of dollars on networking equipment and groupware, he selected a free Internet-based solution.