Sentence examples for they preferred dead from inspiring English sources

"They preferred dead artists.

He continued, "I do prefer dead people, because they're much easier: (a) you can't libel them, and (b) there's usually an obituary in the Times you can pinch from".

15th over: New Zealand 66-0 "Would much prefer dead admiral to the locksmith," says Richard Jones.

How long will readers of newspapers and magazines – including this one — prefer dead trees over computer displays that, thanks to our old friend Moore's Law, are sure to get cheaper, lighter and easier to read by the month?

If they preferred Life B, they would indicate that the health state is better than dead.

They preferred algorithms to geometry.

They preferred reconciliation.

"They preferred traffic lights".

They preferred it, actually.

Archeologists who now argue that antiquities are better served in the dirt where they came from than dispersed among public museums like the Met imply that they prefer the past remain dead and buried.

Once inside the house, cats remember they prefer tinned food which is why the rodent dead is then left on the floor.