Sentence examples for instead of turning away from inspiring English sources

But instead of turning away from pop gloss, they acted like good professionals and ran toward it.

His intention, he says, "was to bring people to these lost places and engage them to look closer, instead of turning away at the sight of destruction".

Instead of turning away from obsolescence, it is charging headlong into it, becoming more strident and pushing away more voters whom it could otherwise win.

He envisages three stages: first, the public's heads will turn towards Labour instead of turning away; second, people will start to consider voting Labour again; and finally they will make the crucial decision for 7 May.

His influence, though important, might have been greater if, instead of turning away from the machine, he had applied his high ideals to discovering a way in which machines might be used to the best advantage.

HL23: LIVING A PRIVATE-PUBLIC LIFE When Mr. Denari began designing this 14-story apartment building, he decided early on to integrate the park instead of turning away from it.

Instead of turning off his overhead fan, he wordlessly directed it away from his face and into hers.

Metropolitan Transfer Station in Hunts Point, in the South Bronx, for example, has been closing on most days about 11 a.m., instead of 4 p.m., turning away dozens of trash trucks carrying commercial city garbage.

Instead of turning her away, he encourages her to pour out her secrets in what evolves into a lengthy and subtle exercise in intellectual seduction.

Instead of turning her away, however, Baker found that her family was suddenly, radically accepting.

Contrary to the majority of its Christian counterparts, Catalyst Church practices harm reduction, helping its members to reduce the potential harms of their behavior, such as disease transmission through shared needles or unprotected sex, instead of turning them away.