Sentence examples for rather preferred from inspiring English sources

She has always spurned the idea of wifehood - yet realises that's exactly what she finds herself in with Barry, with whom she's been for decades - and she has always rather preferred black lovers to white.

Learners hesitated to submit their answers as soon as the questions appeared but rather preferred to skip the question and continue viewing for a very short period by advancing to the next section.

From a careful observation of the state sequences it was obvious that the backward jumps occurred mainly due to 3 reasons: (a) Learners hesitated to submit their answers as soon as the questions appeared but rather preferred to skip the question and continue viewing for a very short period by advancing to the next section.

I did not really want to play, but rather preferred to discuss, and read.

I don't like his methods of teaching and rather preferred to study on my own terms than be in his class.

Sheldon stated that he did not want to create entirely new protagonists for the Christie games, but rather preferred to draw from sources in Christie's novels to piece together the games' protagonists.

This was not a violation of protocol but rather the preferred approach, according to Travis T. Tygart, the chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

Invasive species are causing havoc in urban ecosystems as the developing cities make rather the preferred habitats for such plants which being mostly ruderal are capable of rapid colonization in disturbed habitats (Dar et al. 2015).

Rather, the preferred terrestrial habits and flight-adapted skeletons of azhdarchids combine to suggest that even the largest azhdarchids could fly entirely under their own power regardless of local weather and landscape conditions.

it believes that social housing embeds a collectivist mindset, rather than its preferred philosophy of rugged individualism.

Tilly had no problem with the chariot drawn by serpents; it was as vivid as (and rather to be preferred to) our Citroë* estate car.