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Example sentences for: preferring

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Many people decry the pebble beach, preferring soft sand; however, in the summer Meltemi winds, pebbles of coin size don’t blow around and spoil your day, whereas sand does.
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.
The Weekly Standard is Stalinist for preferring a conservative view of the world in Franklin Foer's "But Is It Art Criticism?"
Until recently, the Hungarians accepted foreign words only grudgingly, preferring to create new ones of their own.
Prudie does exactly the same thing, preferring, as you do, the larger space, along with the private mirror and sink.