Sentence examples for instead of something from inspiring English sources

Girls are learning their sexuality is something they perform for others, instead of something they own.

So instead of something appropriate, she buys something expensive, to show that She Cares.

"It feels natural now, instead of something I was forced to do," Barber said.

"I want to be doing something new, instead of something that was edgy 150 years ago".

But it doesn't feel like a sacrifice; I'm just doing this instead of something else.

Instead of focusing on their criticism, think instead of something you've done that proves them wrong.

In the Sidney Monas "Crime and Punishment," the translator uses "pal" instead of something like "old boy".

Warning – your mum might have a nervous breakdown if you do any of this instead of something productive.

It's just a shame that Chris's hobby is murdering people instead of something, I don't know, more creative".

We've got to get used to depending on ourselves instead of something else, and wind is free.

It was something that needed to be out in the open instead of something that people whispered about".