Sentence examples for prefer like a from inspiring English sources

But if you can overlook such impediments, the food will light your way like a beacon -- or, if you prefer, like a song with scents and colors.

"Mr. Furtwängler, like the good Nazi he is, cannot tolerate mysteries, and it was rather like a fried egg, and, if you prefer, like a foot put in it, that he presented this music".

Wry and subtle seem to be preferred, like a Dieter Roth chocolate head with bird seed, Roth's own testament to impermanence, aging and bodily decay.

Some like a full-length suit and others prefer something like a Bug Baffler.

We like nets that threaten to burst rather than billow, prefer a foot like a traction-engine to a delicate dink.

I prefer confusion, like a casino".

Or I thought I'd always prefer twists, like a chocolate-pecan pie.

Dos Santos speaks several languages but never talks to the media, preferring, like her father, to maintain a low profile.

(English vegetarians preferred "like the Tartars").

In terms of mere preference or liking, people often prefer having a variety of things they like to just having more of the same thing they like.

Mr. McKeever, who will turn 65 in September, said he would prefer a simple investment like a tontine to an annuity, which can be quite complicated.