would rather

1. Prefer to, as in We would rather eat dinner before the movie. [Mid-1500s]

Example Sentences

“The last thing I need to get out and do is roll my ankle trying to play pickleball,” said Smart, who said he would rather play tennis.

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If you would rather pay 50%, that’s OK too.

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Cinematographer Alice Brooks still has the feather she found on Will Rogers State Beach the day she told her mother that she would rather work behind the camera than in front of it.

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I think Ma noticed because she tried to get me to wear the dashiki on one of our dress-down days during the last few weeks of school … but honestly, I would rather dislocate a shoulder.

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“I have always felt at home at Ashton Place. In truth, there is no place else I would rather be.”

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