preferred

he was preferred to the post.

the preferred look for this fall.

preferred Lafon to Talma.

He was preferred to captain.

place a cross against the preferred choice.

they would have preferred to keep on working.

his preferred mode of travel was a kayak.

preferred the suit in a higher court.

He preferred to stick with the common herd.

She preferred that nobody should come to see her.

He preferred to die instead of stealing.

a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel.

mother preferred to grind up the rice prior to boiling.

he preferred walking to other forms of locomotion.

she preferred not to run the risk of encountering his sister.

Those with relevant professional experience are preferred.

Well, our mother would have preferred a girl.

In what denominations do you prefer?

That's true but what do you prefer?

28 Isaac preferred Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah preferred Jacob.

Well, no, although I did have an imaginary friend who my parents actually preferred.

Emma continued, " And what music do you prefer" ?

Especially at night... perhaps because they prefer feeding by day.

Any indication why they prefer certain colours?

Indifference can be preferred, like money, or not preferred, like illness.