'prefer' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'prefer' with 20 example sentences.
- prefer verb
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: like better; value more highly
: select as an alternative over another
: promote over another
: give preference to one creditor over another
Do you prefer vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream?
Would you prefer to be examined by a male nurse?
Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.
Would you like to have oysters, or do you prefer mussels?
I prefer living in the country to living in the city.
Which do you prefer, apples or bananas?
Do you prefer white meat or red meat?
I prefer reading books to watching television.
I prefer to take the train rather than the bus.
I prefer to err on the side of caution.
I'd prefer to eat something else.
I prefer to travel alone.
Do you prefer beer, vodka, wine, or soda?
I prefer working to doing nothing.
I prefer translating old sentences to adding new ones.
I prefer to drink my coffee without sugar and without milk.
I prefer giving gifts to receiving them.
But no, you preferred to go to the more expensive supermarket.
I'd prefer it if things didn't change.
Some people like cats, and others prefer dogs.