It's the sort of random thought, if one was sitting in one's room with one's family, you might just come out with but instead of speaking it, tweet it," McCormick said.
Of course, Christina Aguilera sings the title of the song instead of speaking it, just in case someone has never heard "Chain of Fools".
Even her voice captivated him; instead of speaking it sounded to Roy as if she were singing like Julie London only with a Spanish accent.
So, instead of speaking, I leaned over, put my lips on my father's shaved skull, and kissed him.
Instead of speaking, I simply nodded and smiled as Ed talked me through everything in his soft, understanding voice.
The text was handed to the bishops, but instead of actually speaking it Francis engaged the bishops informally, and the prepared expression of compassion, while released by the Vatican press office, was not delivered as written.
Instead of speaking so poorly to ourselves, it's so much more fun to watch trashy television, and cry during Hallmark commercials, and to think Papouli was the best television grandfather of all time (may he rest), and to laugh about the silly and stupid things with which we surround ourselves.
"Instead of speaking in a tone of command, it would be better to respect each other's positions," Mr. Murai told reporters on Monday.
Shall we get water for you out of this rock?!" Then, instead of speaking to the rock, he strikes it twice.
It could be, of course, if instead of speaking to women's longings in order to undermine them, it spoke to women in order to underpin their desires.
There must be points in the narrative when, for whatever reason, it makes more emotional sense for the characters, instead of speaking, to burst into song.
