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use "instead" in a sentence


I altered my typical lunch and had a steak instead.

You might as well read a novel instead of staring at the ceiling.

He stayed at home all day instead of going out.

If you find you read too slowly in a second language, you are probably focusing too much on each word, instead of looking for the overall message.

This movie is one of the first that actually shows the horrors of war instead of glorifying it.

A horse has to change the angle of its head to focus it eye instead of changing the shape of the lens of the eye as we do.

We are hoping that your son will take a more participatory role in sports, instead of just watching the other kids play all the time.

Dwayne was too short to play basketball professionally, so he went into coaching instead.

I'll get my son to go instead of going myself.

She was thinking of buying a new car, but her friend convinced her to buy a used car instead.

She tried some fad diet, but instead of losing weight she just got sick.

The substitution of cream instead of milk in the recipe makes for a richer dessert.

When studying information-heavy subjects such as biology, instead of reading an entire chapter at a time, read small amounts of a textbook and then stop to digest the information.

I think we should get rid of these ugly curtains and put up some blinds instead.

I stayed at home instead of going out.

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