Sentence examples for rather than stating from inspiring English sources

"Rather than stating what it is you want, you should ask them what their expectations are," says Denny.

He is a writer of real anger and real compassion but rather than stating that which he is angry or compassionate about, he dramatises it.

Since then, other leading Tories have adopted the same formula, insisting that their multimillionaire donor is "meeting" his obligations, rather than stating that they had been met.

Unexpectedly it begins and ends quietly, questing rather than stating, building to a noisy Allegro furioso and coming to rest with a whispered and wistful farewell.

Mr Fleischer said the secretary of state was acting on advice he had heard from foreign leaders rather than stating his own conclusions.

A writer of a sketch maintains a chatty and familiar tone, understating his major points and suggesting, rather than stating, conclusions.

First principles of taxation have been absent or implied rather than stated forthrightly.

There was too much about them that was implied rather than stated outright.

Z is implied rather than stated: the ultimate zzz from which no one will wake.

"But he had this view of art – that it suggested rather than stated.

I suspect it's the novel's dark, sensed rather than stated undercurrents.