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'prefer' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'prefer' with 20 example sentences.


prefer verb

: 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.
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