Sentence examples for clearly rather from inspiring English sources

But many Republicans would clearly rather Mr. Gilmore take the blame than the person who made him chairman, President Bush.

Photograph: David Davies/PA 6.18pm GMT Elise Christie has been talking, and she's clearly rather bewildered by the whole thing.

He'd clearly rather be a lover than a fighter, and the women who filled the audience whooped their approval.

"What annoyed me about that is that they thought they could just buy my popularity!" he spits, clearly rather cross.

Dodie Smith, when she first met Isherwood in Hollywood, thought him "the nicest person imaginable, simply radiating goodness", but clearly rather changed her mind later on.

He's a slightly world-weary waiter at Zuni Cafe, somewhere the 40-year-old would clearly rather be eating rather than waiting tables.

It's also clearly a rather personal work for Leigh.

E. VIRGIL CONWAY clearly would rather be doing a dozen other things than talking about himself.

Bright, brilliant and clearly actually rather big of heart, Giuda are beyond a joke, in the best possible way.

"This is something that the governor clearly would rather not do if he had his druthers," Micah Rasmussen, a spokesman for Mr. McGreevey, said yesterday.

Mr. Bush's handling of the economy has vaulted to the top of the political agenda, where the White House would clearly it rather not be.