Sentence examples for rather than debating from inspiring English sources

Rather than debating what "women's novels" are, might we just agree to jettison the label, freighted as it is with belittlement?

That way, they can focus on picking the best companies, rather than debating precisely how much of each stock to own.

Mr. Santorum said such amendments showed that opponents of the ban were interested in "changing the subject" rather than debating the procedure.

Now, rather than debating the issue in public, the commissioners plan to cast their votes in private over the next several days, according to people briefed on the matter.

Mr. Clarke said the administration is intent on attacking him personally through a "character assassination campaign" rather than debating the arguments he has raised about Mr. Bush's prosecution of the campaign against terrorism.

It was outrageous when Mr. McCain's campaign juxtaposed Mr. Obama with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears as part of its effort to denigrate him as a person, rather than debating him on this country's huge problems.

You leave feeling genuinely touched, rather than debated with.

Billions of dollars have been spent to destroy character rather than debate serious ideas.

So of course the response, rather than debate him, is to intimidate and silence him back.

Rather than debate things for hours, he says he gives managers responsibility and decision-making ability.

Tennessee Williams's characters exist and suffer rather than debate their frustrations.