Sentence examples for rather than drawn out from inspiring English sources

Innocent women were encouraged to confess rather than fight so that they could receive a quick and painless hanging rather than drawn out, painful torture.

In a 2015 Encore.org survey of college-educated people age 50 to 70 who were interested in encore careers to serve the greater good, 79% said they prefer classes spread over a month or a semester, week-long programs or one-day workshops — short, part-time programs, rather than drawn out, expensive ones.

In terms of championship spectacles, the Super Bowl is unique in that it gets even the most sports-averse out to party, which I suppose is largely a factor of the fact that the whole enchilada is decided in one weekend day, rather than drawn out over seven games.

The tax-cut fight could divide his own party rather than draw out his differences with Democrats.

She suggested that rather than draw out Iran and Syria through diplomacy, the United States would seek to isolate them unless they changed their behavior on their own.

That suggests that it might lengthen the period in which people are healthy and functional rather than drawing out a period of decline.

In response to such positivist and naturalistic qualms, talk about categories over the past century has also tended to shift to identifying differences in semantic categories rather than drawing out systems of ontological categories.

However, if it is too low, the glass will form droplets rather than drawing out into fiber.

Robert Bennett, who along with the attorney Glenda Hatchett is representing Valerie Castile, said the idea behind the settlement was to move expeditiously rather than have the case drawn out in federal court, a process that would "exacerbate and reopen terrible wounds".

"If Johnny wishes to change the settlement agreement, we must insist that he honor the full amount by donating $14 million to charity, which, after accounting for his tax deduction, is equal to his $7 million payment obligation to Amber," her team said, adding that the actor should also donate the amount in its entirety immediately rather than have it be drawn out over many years.

Yohji works like a sculptor, following the logic of the fabric and shaping it around a body rather than drawing it out first.