PREFERABLE in a Sentence
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306 example sentences for PREFERABLE, such as:
1. It is preferable that you wait.
2. Any principle is preferable to none.
3. This option is preferable to any other.
4. But some preferred to sit on the ground.
5. Fair hair was unjustly preferred to dark.
2. Any principle is preferable to none.
3. This option is preferable to any other.
4. But some preferred to sit on the ground.
5. Fair hair was unjustly preferred to dark.
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Meanings and Examples of PREFERABLE
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preferable
a. more desirable than another
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 It was annoying the way Melly always misconstrued her motives--but perhaps that was far preferable to having her suspect the truth.
2 Anything was preferable to being a helpless witness to such pain.
3 But inwardly they felt that running an Indian gantlet would be infinitely preferable to suffering the ordeal of Yankee grins and not being able to tell the truth about their husbands.
4 Honesty and courtesy in business are preferable to boorishness and exposed trickery, but this is not to be taken personally, since all persons in Gopher Prairie are known to be honest and courteous.
5 In Venice, it is always preferable to have one's own gondola, as it is preferable to have one's own car on land.
6 She could almost think anything would have been preferable to this.
7 After all, it is preferable to be hated than loved by him.
8 In short, the scene seemed to Tientietnikov strange, and his former pursuits more important than his present, and his preparation for the Service preferable to the Service itself.
9 Taking one lair with another, the beast's is preferable to the man's.
10 The animals distrusted Pilkington, as a human being, but greatly preferred him to Frederick, whom they both feared and hated.
11 Fair hair was unjustly preferred to dark.
12 But some preferred to sit on the ground.
13 On being shown her chamber, she was so dreadfully sensible of its comforts as to suggest the inference that she would have preferred to pass the night on the mangle in the laundry.
14 But, daughter or wife, she should be preferred according to her beauty and thy merits.
15 To the surprise of all present, however, the knight thus preferred was nowhere to be found.
Example Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1 It is preferable that you wait.
2 For this dish, fresh herbs and garlic are preferable.
3 Any principle is preferable to none.
4 This option is preferable to any other.
5 Death was considered vastly preferable to dishonour.
6 Optional but preferable is access to refreshments in a coffee shop.
7 A celebration with roots in history, that has developed and spread spontaneously, is preferable to picking the birthday of a single man.
8 I ascertained that Rosamond really preferred him, and that her father was not likely to oppose the match.
9 Fearing his competitors might get advance word about his plans from talkative staff members, Hughes preferred reticence from his employees to loquacity.
10 Though some Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower favored the establishment of a theocracy in New England, many of their fellow voyagers preferred a nonreligious form of government.
11 The English teacher preferred informal discussions to prepared lectures.
12 She preferred discussions about sports and politics to the literary conversations of the intelligentsia.
13 In the late nineties the government realized that its complacence and feeling that the states talent and infrastructure would automatically make it a preferred destination was actually resulting in a large loss for the city.
14 She preferred to be called Teen, but I could only call her Mom, or in occasional shock, Mother!
15 In recent years public companies have preferred to wish their employees and customers an inoffensive Happy Holidays.