Sentence examples for instead of winding up from inspiring English sources

But instead of winding up as trophies, these sharks were named and satellite-tagged for science.

And instead of winding up in landfills themselves, fleeces can be recycled more or less infinitely.

This is basically what is happening here, except instead of winding up in an "are you looking at my boyfriend" fight, it's actually pretty funny and absurd.

Instead of winding up and taking a vicious slap shot on the 66-year-old Parent, Duguay simply lifted the puck into his midsection for an easy save that allowed Parent to have a wonderful moment in the sun in front of his hometown fans.

Instead of winding up at an architecture firm, she landed at Broadview Associates, an investment bank that was based in the Bay Area and advised dozens of tech companies during the go-go dot-com days — before nosediving along with the market.

For a finite investment sum each year, HCZ children could become educated, productive members of society, instead of winding up in prison or suffering an even worse fate.

Instead of winding them up, try to engage them in conversation about their year and commiserate with them over their hardships.

On Sunday, instead of the ball winding up at Landon Donovan's racing feet, as it did in 2010, this time it wound up on Abby Wambach's solid forehead.

When I'm in this situation, where my brain seems to be winding up instead of winding down, it helps to imagine a peaceful scene, like a picnic in the country, or something boring, like an organizational meeting for some parent group that I'm expected to volunteer for.

So it is now official policy to prefer bridges to tunnels.The reverse is true when crossing mountains: the extra emissions associated with digging a tunnel are quickly offset by the petrol saved by the cars whizzing through them, instead of winding their way up and down the steep slopes above.

Instead, they wound up short of the playoffs, and short of a coach after starting the season short of an owner and short of a quarterback.