Sentence examples for less, instead from inspiring English sources

But white governments remained unmoved, and the rights of Africans became less instead of becoming greater.

This time, however, oil exporters seem to be spending less, instead running larger external surpluses, repaying debts and building up assets.

How often does a politician cause you to choke on your coffee at anything, apart from saying "less" instead of "fewer"?

When Haitians suffer it doesn't mean that God loves them less; instead, it means that God shares their suffering and can raise new possibilities from the death of old ones.

The good news is that companies aren't necessarily giving less, instead they are changing how they think about their charitable efforts – moving from gifts and grants to strategic community investments that they hope will maximize social and business return.

When the news got out that there was to be another show about the Phantom — to be set in early-20th-century Coney Island, no less, instead of gaslight Paris — a few of those fans took to their cybersoapboxes to cry sacrilege.

Or, better still, turn off your television set, go out and do something else less boring instead.

74 Why don't you just turn off your television set and go and do something less boring instead.

The entire setting, everything around Iris, is breaking down, accumulating dust, draining of people, as if the earth were rapidly becoming less populated instead of more so.

In recent years, people have been drinking less milk, instead choosing alternatives like soy milk, almond milk, rice milk, and other beverages.

THURSDAY'S PUZZLE — There is always one constructor whose byline makes you reconsider solving the puzzle and doing something less challenging instead, like performing neurosurgery.