Sentence examples for told rather than from inspiring English sources

Too much is told, rather than dramatized.

They are "told rather than written", Trilling claims, but this misrepresents them.

I found that I liked changing the way the story is told rather than just recreating the book structure.

In trying to look tough, it gave into bullying, demanding to know who told rather than giving its own policies the hard look they need.

He told, rather than asked, Syria to "stop shooting demonstrators," and said of its President, Bashar Assad, "He can lead that transition, or get out of the way".

Biggest challenge: The lack of co-operation from the girls themselves because they adhere more to what they are told rather than what they want.

Too often he tells rather than shows.

All three online modules showed a didactic pedagogy (show and tell) rather than a constructivist one (teaching for understanding).

There are a few exceptions, but most have another story to tell, rather than coasting on their "classic" status.

The Bush style of telling rather than asking is illustrative of defeating self-righteousness and misplaced arrogance.

In his letters, Calvino tells rather than shows his correspondents what he means — with great and often moving success.