Preferred

Examples

• I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I am going to be a favourite: preferred before papa soon, I daresay. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• We can give Mr. Copperfield seventy-two, sir, if it would be preferred. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I should have preferred writing my report, instead of communicating it by word of mouth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I have little doubt he would have preferred such an employment in his heart to all others. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Now that he had reached a cooler moment he would have preferred a less hasty marriage; but the card was laid, and he determined to abide by the game. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There was a seat for Mr. Peggotty too, but he preferred to stand, leaning his hand on the small rustic table. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Besides it felt so uncomfortable that he quickly decided that he preferred the shame to the discomfort. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Ryland had shewn that he preferred him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She, however, preferred Austin. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The gas pipes or water pipes are sometimes employed for the attachment of the wires instead of an earth-plate, but the latter is generally preferred. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• And he preferred Ursula to be there, as a sort of transmitter to Gudrun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He would have preferred sitting alone; for he liked a silent, sombre, unsafe solitude. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• On the contrary, I had preferred to keep the matter to myself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She, for her part, sat upstairs when she liked, and downstairs when she preferred it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Then what is that joint use of silver or gold in which the just man is to be preferred? Plato. The Republic.
• When Dora was very childish, and I would have infinitely preferred to humour her, I tried to be grave--and disconcerted her, and myself too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was so that Crawley and his wife preferred to hire their house. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He had just received a box of new books from his London book-seller, and had preferred the prospect of a quiet Sunday at home with his spoils. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The small number of three volunteered to go; the rest preferred staying behind. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But his children preferred the company of their own equals in wealth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Thy lover lies wounded in this castle--thy preferred lover. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It was not a very good day for a visit, he said; he would have preferred the first day of term; but it was imposing, it was imposing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In Virginia and Maryland, the cultivation of tobacco is preferred, as most profitable, to that of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He had just looked into the dining-room, and as he was not wanted there, preferred being out of doors. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I, too, might have got, away, but I preferred to meet Madame openly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Therefore I make the entreaty I have now preferred, and I hope you will have sufficient consideration for me to accede to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But Gutenberg could not be persuaded, he preferred to work after his own fashion, and to be responsible only to himself. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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