Sentence examples for instead of spoken from inspiring English sources

As conceived, the opera was to be a rather serious work with composed recitatives instead of spoken dialogue, and a baritone in the title role.

Or maybe the one who's endured?" What of course separates "Next to Normal" from a Lifetime movie is that these by-the-book declarations and questions are usually sung instead of spoken.

In fairness, "Repo," which opened Friday, adheres to several conventions of the operatic form: a sung libretto instead of spoken dialogue; a chorus, of sorts, commenting on its themes of love, loyalty and class warfare; even a denouement that takes place in an opera-within-an-opera.

Over eyes fixated on digital conversations, instead of spoken ones.

What you hear is not birdsong, but a version of the Turkish language that is whistled instead of spoken, a method that can convey messages across distances of up to 5 kilometers.

I truly regret offending anyone" -- because it was written instead of spoken, the impact was greatly diminished.

Pigeons beak instead of speaking; they hunt for live squirms.

Instead of speaking truth to power, they are defending the abuse of power.

But instead of speaking about the similarities between humans and — Ahh.

"But instead of speaking out loud to someone, I can show them by the movement".

Adults don't feature other than teachers making trombone-like noises instead of speaking.