Advertisement
Advertisement
would rather
Prefer to, as in We would rather eat dinner before the movie. [Mid-1500s]
Example Sentences
In a recent survey, 54% of Californians still believe high-speed rail is worthwhile — suggesting that they would rather take a three-hour train trip than spend six to eight hours driving from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
“I would rather it be prescribed, controlled and managed than what we’ve seen before.”
She said she would rather see the winter fuel allowance payments used somewhere else.
The 72-year-old, from Leicester, said she believed the fine had been issued to prevent political campaigning and she would rather go to court than pay.
Skarsgård exercises his range in the new Apple TV+ series “Murderbot,” where he plays a TV-obsessed cyborg both intrigued by humans as well as repulsed by them, who works as a cheap security unit capable of pulling off difficult missions, but would rather kick back and watch old-school soap operas.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse