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Example sentences for: preferring

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It is staying out of this whole tawdry mess, preferring to examine more elevated topics such as the possibility that actor Jim Carrey believes the spirit of late comedian Andy Kaufman has taken over his body.
Fearful that Republicans will unilaterally dictate the resolution's language, Democrats refuse to consider it, preferring to end the trial and then debate a censure resolution under normal Senate rules, which would give Democrats the protective power of the filibuster.
In the end, Schickel seems happiest simply basking in the star's aura, preferring the company of Eastwood "in the fading light of certain wintry afternoons" to trudging around and interviewing anyone with a different version of events or a contrasting point of view.
In recent elections, power has alternated between parties backing the status-quo and those preferring even closer ties with the United States, though a referendum in 1998 defeated a move towards statehood.
Jerry Seinfeld reportedly turned down a $110-million offer ($5 million per episode) to continue the show for one more year, preferring to leave the audience wanting more.