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Usage examples of instead.

Instead, she held her tightly, rocking her a little, and tried to transmit her own warmth through the Veil to her lost love.

Instead he put it against his lips then finally let Abram in on his secret.

Neat little picture: man lighting cigarette, throws match absentmindedly in tub of pep instead of waste basket, panics, spills the stuff, steps wildly back from flames, trips over stove and knocks himself out.

Instead, she took a step back, to the safety of the Abyssinian War memorial.

The codicil entails the estate upon James instead of bequeathing it outright, and so if the Court accepts it, that would mean that he had no clear title to the estate to sell to my great-grandfather.

Even the decks of cards used at the blackjack and poker tables were specially printed, with the Twelve Apostles replacing the face cards, the Dove of the Holy Spirit replacing the aces, Jesus instead of the Joker, and the Fairchild Ministry logo on the back.

Instead he handed out copies of the latest issue of Aces and then sauntered up to the lounge, no doubt to pester someone else.

It simply signifies the ascent of the soul after death into the Olympian halls instead of descending into the Acheronian gulfs.

Instead of Murray alone serving as minister plenipotentiary, Adams nominated Patrick Henry and Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth to join Murray as envoys to France, making a commission of three.

Jefferson remained at Monticello, Adams at his farm, which he had lately taken to calling Stoneyfield, instead of Peacefield, perhaps feeling the new name was more in keeping with New England candor, or that it better defined the look of the political landscape at the moment.

Whites with award ribbons instead of utilities like Adele and the others.

Blantyre asked, speaking directly to Adele instead of using the helmet intercom.

For instead of using his own men to implement it, the King had directed that each local community of Aeolian or Ionian or Dorian Greeks should do the killing.

The damned thing refused to die gracefully, acting instead as if it were putting on a low-level aerobatic performance for the enjoyment of the spectators in this case, Bob and members of the 307th NVA Regiment.

Instead of confronting the Luftwaffe over France or evacuating Allied soldiers from Dunkirk, Skip had been relegated to testing aerocraft at Biddington Airfield until a chap named Cunningham finally came in and replaced him.