The phrase "we preferred to" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "We preferred to go to the movie theater rather than staying at home to watch a movie."
We preferred to take speed.
"We preferred to focus on the emotional aspects of play.
So we preferred to stay with our hands cuffed in the front".
"In the past, we preferred to avoid trouble at all costs.
[At the end] we preferred to stay on the field, that's where we felt safest".
Both of us had in common that we preferred to be alone.
I think, like many families, we preferred to deal with problems ourselves as much as possible.
We preferred to focus instead on the "serious" international issues, like trade disputes or arms proliferation.
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But Mr. Samton said, "After what our people went through, we preferred to be a little farther away".
It was as if we preferred to outsource our worries to our military prisons and drone attacks.
