Sentence examples for preferred the man from inspiring English sources

The problem, for a poet like Byron, is that he distrusted the writer's point of view; he preferred the man of the world's.

New York critics who called the tune on such matters preferred the man with whom he was conventionally bracketed as one of the two parents of pop, Jasper Johns.

He preferred the men's companionship to their deference.

"I prefer the man [to] rest in peace," he said.

Would you prefer the man endorsed by Mitch McConnell and Dick Cheney, or the one backed by Sarah Palin and Jim Bunning?

QUESTION FROM RACHEL M.: You mention Thomas Jefferson's project to present the lib humanist Jesus…which do you prefer, the man of wise teachings or the divine character?

Voters say they would far rather elect a Democrat than a Republican, but when asked to compare named Democrats with Mr Giuliani, they mostly prefer the man who, after September 11th, was dubbed "America's mayor".In this section From America's mayor to America's president?

There are others who prefer the "Man from Mars" approach, and do no pre-research so it is as though they have dropped in from outer space, and the experience is entirely personal, unfiltered through previous eyes and interpretations.

She joined the Communist Party in the belief that it helped the common man, but in her personal dalliances she far preferred the uncommon man.

(She always said that she preferred "the company of men").

Reynolds preferred the company of men of letters to that of his fellow artists and was friends with Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, and Oliver Goldsmith, among others.