Sentence examples for instead of stepping up from inspiring English sources

Instead of stepping up out of something low and sleek, they are hopping down from the running boards of big S.U.V.'s or extended-cab pickups.

"But when it gets close in matches, like at 5-4 in the first set, instead of stepping up my level, I haven't been doing that.

Instead of stepping up to claim Atari's former market share, they were dragged down with the company to ruin, and it wasn't until Nintendo's arrival, in late 1985, that the industry began to show new signs of life.

Nevertheless, a trip system may reach a high availability if instead of stepping up its redundancy a passive system is used.

If, for some reason, you need three cores and 15 GB of memory, you can now choose this combination instead of stepping up to a pre-set — and more costly — machine type that would lock you into four cores and 20 GB of memory.

Instead of stepping up to the plate, he'll pass it around.

Instead of stepping out of the world, I was stepping right into the heart of it.

And the National Republican Senatorial Committee played a card it's been playing for some time: "Instead of demonstrating leadership by stepping up and denouncing this kind of inappropriate activity, mob banker Alexi Giannoulias simply embraced the Chicago way and condoned it.

Instead, Hong Kong was riveted by reports of small shareholders stepping up to complain of ill-treatment.

But it doesn't stop there, instead it steps up the levels of bad taste to include gruesome headshots on defenseless teddy bears and old ladies.

"I was asked to do it and I stepped right up, instead of stepping down".