Sentence examples for were instead from inspiring English sources

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were instead

adverb

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

  • I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.

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They were instead "monstrous farces".

Would that it were instead Kant!

They were, instead, handed out Tuesday.

They were instead known as "mountain Turks".

Objective data were instead obtained from psychoacoustic indexes.

People were instead told to cook to night.

They were, instead, "things which give value to survival".

City were instead most threatening down the flanks.

Americans were instead urged to "embrace energy dominance".

Investors were instead focused on the dismal economy.

They were, instead, "looking for blood — specifically, Mexican blood".

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