How to Use would rather in a Sentence

would rather

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• Even if some would rather just watch the game.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2025
• Francesca would rather fake it than delve too deeply.
  — Meg Walters, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
• The Rangers would rather not talk about that.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
• Trump would rather it was ignored.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
• That means that most of them would rather explore the world than pause to rest.
  — Michelle Stansbury, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
• Both women would rather buy legal cannabis than hemp.
  — Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• Part of her would rather not give people the grounds to decide.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• Komasa’s film would rather not get hung up on the details.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2025
• Rachel Bloom would rather be singing about trees that smell like semen.
  — Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
• Triplett would rather not play against them anymore anyway.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
• The Stars would rather have a healthy Seguin back than make a trade.
  — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
• And Don Lemon would rather go the extra mile.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Feb. 2026
• Bose would rather float in the sky-ocean than get down to the nitty-gritty.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
• And some people are just a little cracked and would rather live their life at night.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• The 49ers would rather pay $4 million.
  — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• New users who would rather make a hefty bet on a certain game can use the safety net.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
• Some will want to put in that work and others would rather just open the camera and snap away.
  — PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
• Bryson is more in the pocket and would rather operate from there.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
• And stigma is one of the reasons that people would rather die and ask for help.
  — Christina McDermott, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
• There are board games in Danielle’s office, but Lily would rather rest.
  — Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
• Spain still has many families that would rather not talk about what happened.
  — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
• The safety net is available to those who would rather make a hefty bet on a certain matchup.
  — Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
• Nina would rather remain loyal to her soil.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
• Keep reading to learn about the four main paint shades that pros would rather not see in a hallway, and why.
  — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
• Future Hall-of-Famers would rather carve their own path, in their own league.
  — Shane Young, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• Margolis would rather see the parcel preserved as a green space or a park.
  — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
• Many designers would rather forget about them.
  — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
• Rodrigo would rather be seen as a singer-songwriter than a pop star.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2023
• If there is any question at all, HR would rather hear about it than not hear about it.
  — Seth Turner, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• The Dodgers have had a mixed history with the five-day break but would rather have it than not.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025