Sentence examples for instead struck from inspiring English sources

Tendulkar attempted a drive through covers, but instead struck straight to Michael Clarke at short cover.

He instead struck a deal with Russia to dismantle Mr. Assad's chemical weapons program.

While many would have sought to evict the old man, the architect instead struck up a tenuous friendship.

It swerved to miss the officer's patrol car and instead struck a yellow cab that was eastbound.

Blinking owlishly, Bruce swung a wild punch in my general direction, but missed and instead struck Miss Pollard's protruding embonpoint.

M.G.M. instead struck agreements with a number of creditors that allowed the company to file for a prepackaged bankruptcy, which shortened its stay in Chapter 11 protection.

Not to acknowledge this, and to make a long joke instead, strikes me as poor judgment on Mr. Foer's part.

That would lead to a run-off between the top two candidates, set for October 1st assuming they do not, as some pundits predict, instead strike a deal.

The state encourages cleanups, but has no set standards for those projects, instead striking deals one at a time with property owners.

A grid of framed white-on-black texts attempts a playful mix of sexual innuendo and art-critical and racial commentary but instead strikes a note of post-conceptual prosaism.

But they will continue firing in hopes one of those allied missiles launched in response will be guided less than precisely to its target, and will instead strike a mosque, a baby food factory, a school or a hospital.