Sentence examples for wear instead from inspiring English sources

Some police overuse their authority, they judge you on what you wear instead of how you are.

I like to get shawls that I can wear instead of a coat, and that can also serve as bedcovers.

Men should have a few solid dress shirts, lots of ties and a couple of inexpensive V-neck sweaters to wear instead of a jacket, Ms. Brucker says.

But unaccountably, unless there is a commercial imperative, Marseille gave up its traditional white and sky-blue outfit to wear instead a garish concoction of colors, predominantly orange.

Nan Long, a fashion model who shows designers' creations for a living and has access to anything she wants to wear, instead enjoys making her own clothes.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, customers who are looking for extremely long-lived tires -- those that guarantee 80,000 or even 100,000 miles of tread wear instead of 40,000 miles, or those that can run for miles even after the air has leaked from them -- may not realize they could be trading away handling and gas-mileage advantages by paying a premium for peace of mind.

Sandals, but not sneakers, can be worn instead of pumps.

I am wearing, instead, the post-cold-shoulder neckline.

We asked what we should have worn instead of our office outfit.

One was death, / and one a black and stylish trilby hat / he wore instead, when thinking this: I love".

He doesn't carry pompoms, but he does wear a uniform that differs only in the pants he wears instead of his teammates' traditional short skirts.