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Example sentences for: preferring

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They built no new mosques, preferring to convert existing churches, and left only a few houses.
His wife was afraid to fly with him, preferring to travel with a professional pilot or drive herself.
But other journalists ignored the story, or if they did write anything got it wrong, preferring camera-ready fantasies in which heroic outsiders challenged an obtuse Establishment.
Prudie does exactly the same thing, preferring, as you do, the larger space, along with the private mirror and sink.
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.