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How to use instead in a sentence

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So instead of being a film about a mouse trying to fit in with humans, we get a far more banal film about a middle brother's loneliness.
And instead of original sin leading to the Fall of Man, we fear the degradation of Nature by an apparently malevolent human species.
And it's all because of 10 years of force-feeding the public instead of giving them what they want.
As he neared the hill the shapes took outlines of men instead of the formless gray lumps they'd appeared as.
View them instead as a window into a world where different rules apply, and be thankful you don't live there.
Water will squirt through the holes and go every, which way instead of slowly dripping down to where you need it.
Twenty-five remaining African and Latin American countries recognize Taiwan diplomatically instead of China.
It was only a series of coincidences that saw Gary enter the theatrical world, instead of the world of joinery.
For one whose obsession has been certifiable by the commissioners of lunacy, here surely instead was proof of pure sanity.
The Crown or the owner of the property pays this salvage payment, or the finder may receive the property instead of payment.
The hypothesis is that autistics fail at holistic processing of an image, instead remaining focused on its individual parts.
He noticed his sword was leaning on a guardrail instead of being jumbled together with all the rest.
Now, instead of concentrating on speeders and drivers jumping red lights, the officers will focus on muggers and thugs.
He went on to paint Dutch scenes although with cowmen instead of goatherds among the weirs.
But, instead of retreating into pointless recriminations and bitter words, he sought a pragmatic way forward.
It's so nice to be at a proper keyboard with a real mouse instead of those stupid touch pad things.
I wanted them to have the opportunity to choose their own beliefs instead of being force-fed the most popular one.
Here, instead of trying to match their vocals to pop music, players must rap along to a large group of hip-hop favorites.
Being great intellectuals, they pretend instead that their yuppie entertainments are as worthy as any art through the ages.
If there are not adequate receptacles, a fused and grounded power strip should be used instead of an ordinary extension cord.
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