Sentence examples for preferred friends from inspiring English sources

For instance, Swann and colleagues observed that college students holding negative self-views, compared to those holding positive self-views preferred friends who evaluated them negatively, were more inclined to seek negative than positive feedback from their roommates, and preferentially solicited unfavorable feedback from their dating partners (Swann et al. 1992).

News outlets may get back some of their mojo stolen by a June Facebook feed algorithm change that preferred friends over publishers.

Typically, most women did not seek help from their mothers but preferred friends or other family members such as a sister.

I prefer friends who are excitingly unpredictable.

Abdulla almost seems to prefer friends he has made playing online video games.

Good luck wid da nxt round!" Don't say: "Actually, I prefer Friends Reunited".

I admit I'm not a Facebook person, as I prefer friends with quality rather than in quantity, so hearing people who bare their every thought online complain about a glitch in confidentiality is pretty funny.

Today, we welcome him as an occasional Bitten guest poster, and allow him to show off a bit: three dishes from one chicken –MB When my wife Michelle and I travel, we prefer friends' houses to hotels.

Among the 10 179 cross-sectional survey respondents, 69.6% (n=7080) reported that they would seek help from other people if they thought they were depressed, preferring friends and family (46.5%) to a psychiatrist (24.9%), psychologist (22.8%) or a primary care physician (19.9%).

Respondents were asked to indicate their agreement on a 5- point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) with the following items: "I would like to explore strange places"; "I like frightening things"; I like new and exciting experiences, even if I have to break the rules"; and "I prefer friends who are exciting and unpredictable".

The pitchman role — Ulysse Nardin, the watch company, prefers "friend of the brand" — is one prong of Johnson's retirement-survival strategy.