Sentence examples for rather wager from inspiring English sources

But, like any pragmatic optimist with a betting account, he would rather wager on the future than rue the past.

Given Assad's record and what his continuation in office would mean to weakened U.S. policy prospects in the Middle East, I would rather wager that the U.S. from almost every conceivable vantage point is better off with the Assad family gone.

You're bullish on L.A. Would you rather bet on home price there by purchasing an actual home or would you wager via Radar Logic's futures market?

Stephen Hawking has made rather pessimistic wagers about them, and no one has yet seen them up close.

In the spirit of making a sporting wager rather than a deadly serious prediction, I am going out on a limb and prophesying a narrow victory for Santorum.

Reports would say who won the wager rather than who won the match.

He advocated straight win bets rather than exotic wagering like trifectas.

Arms folded, Rather offered Murphy a wager that ABC and NBC would lead with the weather.

"It was a ludicrous decision," raged Mike Tyrer, the club's vice-chairman, presumably of the local constabulary rather than Holland's wager.

That revelation, as well as Bob Baffert's decision to scratch Kafwain when the big colt turned up lame after today's workout, has transformed Saturday's Derby into a legitimate up-for-grabs race -- and a far more interesting race to wager on -- rather than the first step to the Triple Crown that Frankel; his jockey Jerry Bailey; and much of the betting public had projected for Empire Maker.

If stock options beneficiaries were required to pony up personal assets like homes, salaries and retirement accounts when the value of the optioned stock went down rather than up, I'd wager that totally different behavior, more in the interests of investors, would be encouraged.