Sentence examples for preferred staying from inspiring English sources

Despite the discomfort and the isolation, Jacobs preferred staying there to living as Norcom's slave.

"I preferred staying there the whole time so I would have a better picture of what is going on".

Many prisoners preferred staying at camp rather than going to the hospital because they had their own doctors and no language difficulty.

Nonathletic, Mr. Foote preferred staying inside and listening to older family members reminiscing, telling tales from generations past as if they had happened yesterday.

She was at charity functions most weeknights; he preferred staying in and watching baseball games with his German shorthaired pointer, Pearl.

But in a business of big egos and flashy personalities, Claiborne was a shy person who preferred staying at home to going out at night.

But he would most likely prefer staying home.

I tend to prefer staying at home, anyway, and I don't especially mind being alone.

I prefer staying under a proper roof with hot running water to camping out.

Technologically lagging firms, by contrast, are less likely to close R&D facilities in the face of these concerns and will prefer staying near leaders over laggards.

The couple prefer staying at their waterfront compound, in a clearing in an inconspicuous corner of a vacant lot.