Sentence examples for rather sold from inspiring English sources

It also rather sold the idea of somebody deliberately holding in check any temptation to go off message.

Written and directed by Dan Fogelman, Danny Collins does something similar with Al Pacino, except that the Pacino character here hasn't failed, but rather sold out lucratively and soul-destroyingly; even so, he's way tackier than Depardieu's singer.

Horace Walpole had written gloomily of the first disposal of the pictures: "To be sure, I should wish they were rather sold to the Crown of England than to that of Russia where they will be burnt in a wooden palace on the first insurrection".

After the release of Otis Blue, Redding became a "catalogue" artist, meaning his albums were not immediate blockbusters, but rather sold steadily over time.

Sent to California by his extended family to seek his fortune ― or, rather, sold off by his family to get him off their hands ― he labors first in a laundry, alongside a prostitute named Mei Mei with whom he falls in love, though she's embittered by a young life spent satisfying the sexual urges of white men.

I would rather sell than purchas.

I'd rather sell Dunkin' Donuts".

"I'd rather sell my face than my mind".

"We would rather sell organic products to everyone," he added.

"And I'm sure they'd rather sell tickets to the Iranian government than to me".

"Oh," she said, "I'd rather sell things than have them hanging around".