Sentence examples for rather than please from inspiring English sources

A successful technique is to appease parents rather than please them.

Rather than please God, the dentist has almost certainly angered Him.

"I think that instils, definitely, a different spirit because people then really try to make a difference rather than please someone," he says.

The prime example has to be Scott's Prometheus, a wonder to look at for much of its running time but beset by a script with 30 layers of rewrites, each added to flatter the franchise rather than please the audience, and incoherent besides.

Senator Shelby Cullom's comment symbolizes Harrison's steadfast aversion to use federal positions for patronage: "I suppose Harrison treated me as well as he did any other Senator; but whenever he did anything for me, it was done so ungraciously that the concession tended to anger rather than please".

You want to please people rather than pleasing God.

Rangers, meanwhile, despite collecting criticism for being stubborn rather than pleasing on the eye, are a streetwise team.

Sal is one of only two Cape Verde islands you can fly to direct from London, and most visitors come on package tours, lured by the promise of winter sun rather than pleasing scenery.

"The massive amount of programming is really a way of marking the day rather than pleasing a huge audience," said Andrew Heyward, the president of CBS News. "Just as the events of Sept. 11 brought an end to business as usual, it's important as a symbol to stop business as usual and mark the occasion".

I feel constantly dissatisfied with things I haven't done, rather than pleased with the things that I have.

In fact, rather than pleasing to the sense of taste, this art frequently trades on the arousal of disgust in the sensuous imagination.