INSTEAD in a Sentence

Learn INSTEAD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

298 example sentences for INSTEAD, such as:

1. He is too busy, let me go instead.
2. He used a knife instead of chopsticks.
3. Let's reason the matter out instead of quarreling.
4. Better not to ignore the past but learn from it instead.
5. Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.

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 Meanings and Examples of INSTEAD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
instead
 ad.  as a replacement
 ad.  in preference
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  A wave of shyness pulled him back into the dark angle of the wall, and he stood there in silence instead of making his presence known to her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  "I suppose what folks say is true," he jerked out at her, instead of answering.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  He had often thought since that it would not have happened if his mother had died in spring instead of winter.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
4  At the gate, instead of making for Starkfield, he turned the sorrel to the right, up the Bettsbridge road.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  Gradually the plantation widened out, as Gerald bought more acres lying near him, and in time the white house became a reality instead of a dream.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  To a casual observer it would seem that years had passed since the Tarletons had seen the O'Haras, instead of only two days.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
7  Just a little over a year ago, she was dancing and wearing bright clothes instead of this dark mourning and was practically engaged to three boys.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  I think I should go in the booth with Melly because--well, I think it would look better for us both to be there instead of just one.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  No one but a gentleman of refinement and thoughtfulness would ever have thought how it broke my heart to-- I'll send my gold chain instead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
10  We should have paid heed to cynics like Butler who knew, instead of statesmen who felt--and talked.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
11  White flour was scarce and so expensive that corn bread was universal instead of biscuits, rolls and waffles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  And, instead of turning her against him, it only made her more timidly gracious toward him because of her indignation at what she fancied was a gross injustice done him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
13  This ungallant statement sent her flying to the mirror to see if she really did look twenty-eight instead of eighteen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  His coat and trousers were actually of the same material and they fitted him, instead of hanging in folds or being almost too tight for movement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
15  He must think her a fool if he offered her a proposition like that, instead of the proposal of matrimony she had been expecting.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence: (88 in 6 pages)
16  Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking instead of accepting everything they are told without questioning it.
17  They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
18  Try to develop a more critical attitude, instead of accepting everything at face value.
19  Centrifugal machines are connected to the motor drive directly instead of through a gearbox.
20  They encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.
21  Guy keeps tiptoeing round the problem, instead of confronting it.
22  Better not to ignore the past but learn from it instead.
23  It is advisable that we stay at home instead of going to the movie.
24  This portable device enables deaf people to telephone the hospital by typing a message instead of speaking.
25  I wish people would just be themselves instead of trying to seem important.
26  He used a knife instead of chopsticks.
27  Let's reason the matter out instead of quarreling.
28  He is too busy, let me go instead.
29  If only she'd been called 'Camilla' or 'Flavia' instead of the prosaic 'Jane'.
30  Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.