Sentence examples for instead of texting from inspiring English sources

Instead of texting, I use a device that does not require fumbling with a keypad to type in a message.

They chat with their children while standing in line at a theme park instead of texting their colleagues.

Some people despise verbings (where a noun begins to be used as a verb) on principle, though who knows what they say instead of "texting".

Which brings me to a final point: Shouldn't these happy theatregoers have been turning off their phones instead of texting in their contentment levels?

"It's sort of like a flirty thing, you meet a boy on a night out, you'd snapchat him a picture instead of texting him," But you've only just met him … a picture of what?

She also says that the informal language used over mobile also put potential victims at ease: for instance, instead of texting users, "Are you a victim of domestic violence?", the service might ask, "Did your husband drink too much over the weekend?", thereby opening up a conversation.

Although not directed at news, it displays some categories of search results using thumbnail images instead of text.

The Sexy Vibes Android app hijacks your phone's vibrating function, using it for pleasure instead of text alerts.

I often see question marks instead of text on Web pages that use Cyrillic or Arabic alphabets or the character sets of East Asian languages.

Of course, some people have a more basic request: they simply want to search the Web for images instead of text.

Since notes are sent as images instead of text, the software is ideal for people who sketch diagrams or jot notes in a language that is not handled by the text-editing systems of pocket computers, Mr. Challa said.