Sentence examples for instead of spinning your from inspiring English sources

Problem-solve instead of spinning your wheels.

The nut is that by downgrading your education and work history, you may be able to land a job instead of spinning your wheels trying to replace your last job at the same salary.

Instead of spinning regional companies off into subsidiaries controlled by management, the new plan entails splitting regional companies into new companies -- distributors, sellers and producers.

Lucent is also considering selling its shares in Agere in the secondary market instead of spinning the company off to shareholders if these negotiations are protracted.

Instead of spinning poetic yarns about the Carolina pit stops of vacations gone by, the Dunkin' Donuts fans delivered stern lectures on the importance of omelette sandwiches, and of loyalty.

Meyer is more persuasive and interesting, both as a storyteller and as a business adviser, when he sticks to concrete examples from his working life instead of spinning them into catchphrases that might work in a PowerPoint presentation.

Malcolm Gladwell, writer (1963–), Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005)"The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be".

These drives use memory chips instead of spinning platters to store information.

Still, if Aventis wants to sell its agricultural products division instead of spinning it off, there may be a lot of interested buyers.

Uloborids (pictured) are cribellate spiders, meaning that instead of spinning wet, sticky webs to catch their prey, they produce a fluffy, charged, wool-like silk.

"We're in the race for medals instead of spinning our arms and splashing over the line," said GB's Rachel Cawthorn.