Sentence examples for prefer to be alone from inspiring English sources

I prefer to be alone".

"We would always prefer to be alone," a Finnish woman once admitted to me.

Do you prefer to be alone or be surrounded by the hustle and bustle of a cafe?

From July 4 through Labor Day, they spend each weekend at the cottage, sometimes with a single friend or another couple, though they often prefer to be alone.

You've often said that when you're painting you very much prefer to be alone - that, for instance, when you are doing a portrait you don't like to have the subject actually there.

On Thursday I'll be going to school to pick up my envelope, but I'll probably open it at home – if I don't get what I want, I'd prefer to be alone".

Oghi preferred to be alone.

He prefers to be alone and making his own choices.

"I preferred to be alone, thinking my little thoughts".

Although she prefers to be alone, Mia craves connection.

Both of us had in common that we preferred to be alone.