Examples of 'were instead' in a sentence
Meaning of "were instead"
The phrase 'were instead' indicates a substitution or replacement of one thing or option with another. It implies that the original choice or situation was abandoned or rejected in favor of an alternative. 'Were instead' suggests a change in direction or preference, highlighting that a different course of action or outcome was ultimately chosen or realized
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Approximate copies were instead created from sketches.
He told me to call you to where we were instead.
The bunkers were instead used for storage.
Decembrists facing the death penalty were instead imprisoned.
They were instead shipped aboard another vessel.
Temperature and dispersion were instead the deciding factors.
These were instead performed by professional voice actors.
Funds appropriated for repairs were instead.
They were instead replaced with matte paintings.
We expected to find a victim and were instead presented with a target.
They were instead signs of his lack of game.
As a compromise the blocks were instead simply given numbers.
They were instead components integrated into planned socialist economies.
It was found that they were instead an enemy merchant convoy.
They were instead divided in lists based on provincial groups.
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Some sources posit that such weapons were instead experimental pieces or curiosities.
They were instead mistakenly executed.
Imagine if the funds spent on this investigation were instead designated for research.
Protesters were instead concerned with a variety of other issues.
Many of these projects failed to achieve expectations and were instead discarded or set aside.
The buildings were instead adapted for other use.
The plaster and frescos were removed and the bricks were instead whitewashed.
The present cases were instead referred to a master.
They were instead a series of informal personal groupings with no formal links to political constituencies.
The two female soldiers were instead sent to continue digging holes.
We were instead redirected to the action plan announced in June.
The districts were outside towns which were instead incorporated either as municipalities or boroughs.
We were instead implicated in their crimes.
She consequently suggests that the latter were instead used for grinding grain.
The funds were instead used to purchase trash compactors.
Gu Dongchen and the others were instead walking.
Prisoners were instead kept outside in shackles.
Protesters are congregating around Germany chanting that the prisoners were instead assassinated.
Passengers were instead transferred by steamboat.
Many of the early comments from the Jewish community were instead distinctly negative.
Those gloves were instead of an engagement ring.
The sites that survived the first checks by Google were instead subject to penalization.
Noninvasive tests were instead largely developed by commercial companies.
So Ramesses insisted on a different style where images were instead cut deep into the stone.
Viewers were instead greeted with pictures of flowers.
The business and assets of Rangers were instead sold to a new company.
They were instead taken hostage by those they had paid.
These routes were going with a loss and were instead made subject to public service obligations.
Most were instead killed after emerging from the fort.
The games scheduled to be held there were instead awarded to Wembley Stadium in London.
They were instead suggestions of reforms.
The Germans in Romania were not deported but were instead dispersed within Romania.
Its activities were instead the typical activities of an association.
The attack was repulsed and Swedish forces were instead directed against France.
They were instead given a promotion.
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Staying to the flat instead of the ridges
Instead it chose to turn and attack here
Use olive oil instead of grapeseed oil
