Sentence examples for instead of the situation from inspiring English sources

What happens when emotions get the upper hand and you have to redirect your energy to battle them instead of the situation at hand?

"After 20 years of trying everything, instead of the situation moving from bad to better, the situation is moving from bad to worse," Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador, told HuffPost in an interview shortly after Abbas called off the Oslo Accords.

This is finally compounded by our all-too-human insistence to base our news stories and response plans on the pattern we expect, instead of the situations we actually see.

And instead of calming the situation down, some of the members of the opposition party kindled the embers of hatred and intolerance with irresponsible words.

But Harris's conclusions are precisely the opposite of theirs: instead of accommodating the situation even further, he argues, kids should revolt.

Little ever came of those cases, but one piece of wisdom did eventually emerge: instead of making the situation better, the government controls actually worsened the supply problems.

Instead of cursing the situation, which is sort of the default reaction, I made a point of thinking about the fun I was going to have".

Pessimists, however, abound, and instead of seeing the situation for what it is — full of opportunities, if one chooses to recognize them — they push a "status quo" line.

Instead of tackling the situation the authorities exacerbated it, bringing back the exchange of jerseys and repealing the law that made it a bookable offence for players to remove their shirts when celebrating a goal.

Instead of stabilizing the situation, his departure seemed to invite even greater violence.

"Instead of escalating the situation, he should have de-escalated," the juror said.