Sentences with 'preferring'
Example sentences and phrases with the word preferring and other words derived from it.
• « Socrates never wrote anything down; like most of his contemporaries, he believed that writing destroyed memory and undermined meaning, preferring spoken discourse and memorisation. »
• « Overall, however, of the 2.5 million inhabitants of British America, approximately one-third remained loyal to Britain, while another third committed themselves to the cause of independence. The remaining third remained apathetic, content to go about their daily lives as best they could and preferring not to get involved in the fighting. »
• « Unlike many smaller mills, the Boston Associates companies eschewed the Rhode Island system, preferring individual workers to families. These employees were not hard to find. »