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Sentences ending with preferred

Here was a man who not only proposed to find this plantation on such a night, but to find either end of it you preferred. [5]
In the next letter we have a picture of Susy--[This spelling of the name was adopted somewhat later and much preferred. [5]
What concern was it of his that somewhere or other that woman was leading the life she preferred? [2]
As it was considered that the Austerlitz success might have been more decisive had the commander in chief not been so young, all our octogenarians were reviewed, and of Prozorovski and Kamenski the latter was preferred. [2]
He knew Wolf and his peaceful nature, and therefore hoped that he would be advised that music was a language equally intelligible to all persons of feeling, whatever tongue they spoke and whatever creed they preferred. [10]
I saw the "pennies" used instead of the "quarters" which I should have preferred. [4]

Short sentences using preferred

You preferred to wriggle out! [4]
I preferred to remain outside. [9]
Still, she preferred her way. [11]

More example sentences with the word preferred in them

He had not yet come to a desire to share his secret with any confidant, but preferred to be much alone and muse on it, creating a world which was without evil, without doubt, undisturbed by criticism. [4]
Not that Tom yearned for the slipper; but he regarded its occasional applications as being as inevitable as changes in the weather; lying did not come easily to him, and left to himself he much preferred to confess and have the matter over with. [9]
Tom and I would have preferred to sleep in the woods near by, with our feet to the blaze; this was partly from motives of economy, and partly because Tom, in common with other pioneers, held an inn in contempt. [9]
True, the duke would have preferred to induce her to go to Spain, and tried to persuade her to do so by the assurance that the King himself desired to receive her there. [10]
It was a world to see how the nobles preferred to gold and silver, which abounded, the new Venice glass, whence a great trade sprang up with Murano that made many rich. [4]
The carts from which the noise proceeded belonged to traders from neighboring cities, who preferred to leave their goods in the threatened town, rather than carry them towards the advancing Spaniards. [10]
The only question which intruded itself was, whether he might not have preferred the company of one to that of two. [6]
He lies in Westminster Abbey, it is true, but he would probably have preferred the upper side of his own hearth-stone to the under side of the slab which covers him. [6]
Probably the officials were aware of this, and they preferred to have our company to Shediac. [4]
At first they welcomed the whites, and were eager to trade with them--particularly for muskets; for their pastime was internecine war, and they greatly preferred the white man's weapons to their own. [5]
Others preferred to watch this futile battle rather than give themselves up to the anxiety which filled their minds. [10]
She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour. [9]
But as food was too precious to be given to foreigners, who were for the most part enemies, Napoleon preferred to supply them with money with which to purchase food from outside, and had paper rubles distributed to them. [2]
The blind artist was glad to have other visits for a short time, but he preferred to be alone and devote his thoughts to his own affairs. [10]
Mr. Dickinson, who was a director in the Maplewood line, got a handsome underwriting percentage, and Mr. Berringer, also a director, on the bonds and preferred stock he sold. [9]
We preferred to walk, but we could not have our own way. [5]
Barbara preferred to walk beside hers, for clouds had darkened the sky; it had become oppressively sultry, and she felt as if she would stifle in the close, swaying box. [10]
They preferred to wait, and toll the victims along, and get to one of their regular burying-places ('bheels') if they could. [5]
He spent over two years in Ravenna, and said he preferred it to any place in Italy. [4]
But Philip preferred to trust to his own study of the country, and his knowledge of the geological formation. [5]
He much preferred to throw snowballs at innocent wagon drivers. [9]
When you went to the wrestling school in Alexandria, Eumedes was scarcely eight years older than you, and I remember how he preferred you to the others. [10]
Mr. Linder appealed to the House, but, before the question was put, withdrew his appeal, saying he preferred to let the gentleman go on; he thought he would break his own neck. [7]
The American desired to take the one by which we had not come; the rest of us, tired out, preferred to go as we came--the shortest way. [11]
But Wolf preferred to stay with Barbara, that he might plead his cause in person. [10]
He invited her to rest on the couch on which was spread a bright giraffe's skin, but she preferred to walk up and down, for her heart was beating violently. [10]
Mr. Worthington preferred to offer himself for what he was going to be--not for what he was. [9]
I preferred him to my dog, whom I had, with much patience, taught to go up a long hill alone and surround the cows, and drive them home from the remote pasture. [4]
John himself preferred to hunt the pugnacious woodchuck. [4]
She begged me to be content with the 'no;' then I pressed her harder, till she interrupted me, and owned with proud decision that she preferred some one else. [10]
But he preferred to be at the club and say these things rather than pass the same hours with his adorable family. [4]
Hadrian, who liked to be alone and undisturbed when observing the heavens, had preferred this erection--even after he had made himself known to the Alexandrians--to the great observatory of the Serapeum, from which a still broader horizon was visible. [10]
Barbara permitted her to accompany her, though she had intended to take her companion, and would have preferred to travel with the woman of noble birth. [10]
The later the time, the more impressive it was; I preferred the late time. [5]
People argued from this that he preferred to be supported by his uncle until his uncle's shoes should become vacant. [5]
I preferred to think of it as a trip.... A vision of freedom thrilled me, and yet I was wracked and torn. [9]
The Beguines occupied themselves in nursing them, but had many a conflict with the spiritual authorities, who preferred the monks and nuns bound by a monastic vow. [10]
From this time the young lover preferred to seek the balcony without Sanchez. [10]
The news of the victory had reached their ears, and they wanted to offer sacrifices to the goddess whom Cleopatra, "the new Isis," preferred to all others. [10]
He was not the only one worn out with the mad chase in Prince George Street, and preferred a quiet evening with a quiet beauty to the crowded lists of Miss Manners. [9]
He rather preferred the East Side to the West Side lines, because they offered more nationalities, conditions, and characters to his inspection. [8]
Though she received the communion at his hands, with my sisters, she preferred the sermons of the regimental chaplain, Bollert, and later those of the excellent Sydow. [10]
But now, at the commencement of the campaign, I should feel dishonored, not only in my comrades' eyes but in my own, if I preferred my own happiness to my love and duty to the Fatherland. [2]
It has reached the bottom, smashed into a thousand pieces, and I am thankful that you preferred to follow me rather than that false support. [10]
But everybody declared that they preferred it this way; it was so much better to have these wonderful glimpses than a full view. [4]
I won't deny that sometimes, on rare occasions, when I have been in company with gentlemen who preferred listening, I have been guilty of the same kind of usurpation which my friend openly justified. [6]
I dare say that a majority of its reading public, at any time, would have preferred a monarchical system and a hierarchy of rank. [4]
He preferred the surprise of it, and the general avoidance of detail. [5]
At some distance stood a circle of court-officials, in whose faces it was easy to read that they were afraid of their ruler's wrath, and preferred keeping as far from him as possible. [10]
They preferred to stay with us. [5]
Navarrete preferred to spend his time in his own regiment, so he did not meet the Zorrillos often until the mutiny at Schouwen and on the march through Brabant. [10]
He wished to spare him the disappointments which had marred his own life, but Conrad preferred the army. [10]
He was the son of Fulvia, his father's first wife, and feeling himself a Roman, would have preferred a thousand times to live on the banks of the Tiber. [10]
A subtle smile sometimes flitted over his grave, somewhat melancholy face--that of a man who has ceased to wrestle in the arena of life, and after severe conflict now preferred to stand among the spectators and watch others win or lose the prize of victory. [10]
This was caused solely by meeting her cousins again; but if any one should ask her whether Daphne preferred Myrtilus or Hermon, she could not give a positive answer. [10]
Noel prized the society of the Paladin above everybody else's; the Paladin preferred anybody's to Noel's. [5]
It would be showy and picturesque enough, all things considered, though I would have preferred noonday, on account of the more theatrical aspect the thing would have. [5]
But when, a short time after, he proposed to Barbara's warm advocate to accompany the singer home, Martina preferred to detain him, and invited him to stay in the house with her a little while longer. [10]
They used to say that he preferred as his table-cloth on the floor a certain well-known church journal; but this was said by an Episcopalian. [4]
He had to satisfy his master--that is to say, his temperament, his Spiritual Appetite--and it preferred books to money. [5]
In that drawing room were gathered, by the Emperor's wish, not a military council (the Emperor preferred indefiniteness), but certain persons whose opinions he wished to know in view of the impending difficulties. [2]
I preferred to remain with Mrs. Cooke, and it was with a gleam of hope at a possible deliverance from my late persecution that I watched the two disappear together through the hall and into the smoking-room. [9]
He preferred the quiet of his luxurious home with its beautiful outlook, while for entertainment he found the billiard afternoons sufficient. [5]
Theodore Watling had preferred, on this eventful night, to remain quietly at home. [9]
She would have preferred, if possible, to give the stove anonymously. [9]
He would have preferred to stay away. [5]
If, however, I preferred to remain, I should be permitted to do so. [10]
But the merchant preferred to remain where he was. [10]
He would have preferred to pass her unnoticed, but she had clung to his arm and was trying, with coaxing graciousness, to soften his indignation by gaily relating how she had come here and what had detained her and her companions. [10]
I would have preferred to leave something that was catching, but it was not in my power. [5]
Alexander would have preferred to hold aloof from the others, but no one here seemed to think ill of him for his thoughtless behavior. [10]
He would have preferred to go on board the staunch Tacheia and be borne far away with his uncle and Daphne, but he was obliged to deny himself the fulfilment of this desire. [10]
But no, he preferred to find out for himself. [5]
I should have preferred the open roads north of Bedford House. [9]
His wife, too, preferred the inside of the city walls, "where" as she was so fond of saying, "you know where you are. [10]
Once she had preferred the handsome, stately dancer to all other men. [10]
Many of them preferred now to wait in Austen's office instead of the anteroom, and some of them were not so cautious with the son of Hilary Vane that they did not let drop certain observations to set him thinking. [9]
She would have preferred not to reply at all, and this slightest of references to his work--and hers --seemed to degrade it. [9]
They have deliberately preferred gratification in this life to spiritual development--if indeed they believe in any future whatsoever. [9]
But what we preferred even to this happiness was the quieter occasions, when the formal guests were gone and the family and a few dozen of its familiar friends were gathered together for a social good time. [5]
But Francis preferred poverty and contempt, nay, even his father's curse and the reproach of ingratitude, receiving in exchange possessions of a nobler nature and more lasting character. [10]
The prefect and Pontius had intended a quite different room to serve for smaller assemblies, and had fitted it up suitably for the purpose, but the Empress had preferred the great hall to the smaller room. [10]
But he preferred playing the safe game now, and only wanted to feel sure of her. [6]
He preferred apple pie to the greatest of artistic triumphs of his daughter's chef, and had it; a glorified apple pie, with frills and furbelows, and whipped cream which he angrily swept to one side with contempt. [9]
Some one was paying homage to him, that was all he knew; but for his own satisfaction and pleasure he preferred as yet his old comrades, Edward Lambert, Captain Vidall, General Armour, and, above all, Richard. [11]
He had his own secrets, but in the ordinary affairs of life he preferred simplicity. [11]
Flowers and shrubs ornamented the flat roofs, on which the Egyptians loved to spend the evening hours, unless indeed, they preferred ascending the mosquito-tower with which nearly every house was provided. [10]
Klaus Van Aken, or as he preferred to be called, Nicolaus Aquanus, was a singular man, who had received good gifts from more than one of the Olympians; for besides his business he zealously devoted himself to science and several of the arts. [10]
I have given one such case, namely of three Patagonian Indians who preferred being shot, one after the other, to betraying the plans of their companions in war ('Journal of Researches,' 1845, p. [1]
While I was one of the younger pupils, we used the large and complete puppet-show which belonged to the institute; but afterwards we preferred to act ourselves, and arranged the performance according to a plan of our own. [10]
The hairless patches on a scalded dog are preferred by the fleas of Constantinople to a wider range on a healthier dog; and the exposed places suit the fleas exactly. [5]
Yet probably neither of the artists, but Philotas, would lead home the bride, for he was related to the royal family--a fine, handsome man; and, besides, her father preferred him to the other suitors who hovered around her as flies buzzed about honey. [10]
With a choice of evils he should have preferred walking the plank, or even dying quietly in his bed, to being stifled by a rope. [11]
In the palace of Abdin none was preferred before me. [11]
Out of the occurrences at this new settlement grew many of the charges which were preferred against Smith. [4]
She owed him nothing, it is true, yet her heart belonged to his uncle, whom she had preferred to all others. [10]
Mr. Lovejoy was not with her--he evidently preferred to pay his attentions in private. [9]
His reputation was not wholly disquieting; he was of the goats, he had sometimes been found with the sheep, he preferred to be numbered with the transgressors. [11]
Still, there have not been wanting readers who have preferred this second series of papers to the first. [6]
The request was no sooner preferred, than granted. [12]

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