Sentence examples for I preferred trying from inspiring English sources

The guide and other tour participants repeatedly urged me to "kick him, kick him, show him who's boss," but I preferred trying to reason with him.

I prefer trying every non-military route, particularly a fourth strong round of economic sanctions that has the support of the UN Security Council, but there is only so much one can invest in sanctions that fail to inflict the pain intended to dissuade Iran.

He had feelers from Division II programs but preferred trying to walk on at the College of Charleston.

One of the reasons for the delay before hospital presentation mentioned by Reid et al. (1963) was that the community preferred trying traditional and folk medicine first rather than coming to the hospital immediately [1].

Adaptations are pragmatic choices for theatre companies, in a time when arts funding is precarious – but does that also mean Australian audiences are unadventurous, preferring tried and true work over the unknown?

People actually prefer tried and true drugs like marijuana, which has been used for thousands of years and is now more thoroughly studied than most approved medical drugs.

Or, if one prefers, try the Serbians' attacks on Muslims in Bosnia, based on the assertions that the Ottoman Empire installed regimes centuries ago that gave those who converted to Islam certain lands and privileges.

The Sussmans meet the Haulin' Balls truck at the University of Las Vegas campus to see whether the city's younger residents prefer tried and true originals or meatballs with a twist.

If you aren't sure which you prefer, try both on and figure it out from there.

I preferred to try to fix it.

"Rather than having an adversarial relationship with broadcasters, I prefer to try to build a partnership with them," she said.