How to Use prefer in a Sentence

prefer

verb

• What is the preferred pronunciation of her name?
• Which one is the preferred alternative?
• She tends to prefer small college campuses.
• Some people like vanilla ice cream, but I prefer chocolate.
• I prefer this dictionary because of its helpful examples.
• Lazard, at the end of the day, may prefer to make his own path.
  — Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
• And then there is a group that prefers not to refer to the case at all.
  — Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
• Like her love life, the model prefers to keep Lea out of the spotlight.
  — Bailey Richards, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
• The hunter in me would prefer a good hunt, fast and drama-free.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024
• In the end, what type of match someone prefers is always down to taste.
  — David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
• At the same time, ASU seems to prefer remaining in the Pac-12.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2022
• Use orange or lime peel in the place of lemon if preferred.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 12 May 2024
• Our testers tend to prefer the sateen feel for its softness.
  — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 29 Sep. 2022
• The manager would have preferred the sure out at first.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• Both of these Brits prefer to keep their private life out of the public sphere.
  — Savannah Walsh, ELLE, 18 Feb. 2022
• Many even prefer the shape and feel of this earbud compared to the AirPods Pro.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
• The game was closer than Team USA likely would've preferred, though, for much of the first half.
  — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
• Many fans prefer highlight videos set to rap and rock songs.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• But Cummings prefers to mail the slender tubes back to Crown Bees, which will care for them over the winter.
  — Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
• The City of Smyrna would prefer not to talk about Aunt Fanny’s at all.
  — Hanna Raskin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2022
• Those who preferred the cheap goods ignored how the product might not last as long.
  — Neeru Paharia, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
• But the Santa Rosa club members aren’t the only ones out there who prefer a roll of the dice to a mouse click.
  — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
• But Chencho prefers to enter this new era with a clean slate.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
• Those who prefer tents can choose from ones with one or two queens, or a queen with two sets of bunk beds.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
• Fans seemed to prefer the lighter, bouncier feel of the second album.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
• And Gregory, the youngest Soros, is a sculptor who prefers to keep a low profile.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 12 June 2023
• Most prefer full sun, but some will thrive in dappled shade.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022
• Some would probably have preferred to just hit the hay.
  — Karen Schneider, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
• Ferrari has been facing challenges in setting its car in the right performance window with a more stable rear end, which Hamilton strongly prefers.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
• Guests who prefer to skip the spectacle can usually dine in a buffet restaurant, order room service, or retreat to a specialty venue.
  — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025