How to Use preferable in a Sentence

preferable

adjective
Definition of preferablenext
  • The geese, Juarez said, are far preferable to the fence.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • On the other hand, this is preferable to adding to the debt.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
  • There is a view among those close to All3Media that this is the preferable outcome.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 June 2024
  • Therefore, the terms of the new loan should be preferable to those of the previous.
    — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But that’s far preferable to the rest of the film, which is mind-numbingly dull.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • For Larkin, kayaking on the canal is preferable to traversing lakes and rivers.
    — Robin Catalano, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2021
  • In a preferable lefty-lefty matchup, Harper came through.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • But there are times when a silent arena is preferable, too.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • This isn’t to say that swarming is preferable to a tiered approach.
    — Jonathan Rende, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • There’s no question about which kind of love is preferable.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • But the Fed is wagering that the pain of a recession is preferable, in the long term, to the pain of runaway prices.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The broader aim is not to get people to agree that one set of policies is preferable.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The body of the tape measure is comfortable to grip and handle, and the wide case might be preferable for users with large hands.
    — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2023
  • The captain drove the ship onto the sand, beaching preferable to sinking.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2021
  • Either was still preferable to a tarp, stretched over a bus shelter or held up by poles.
    — Nimet Kirac, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The truth is that any kind of writing is hard—something is so rarely preferable to nothing.
    — The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The first form is preferable because the team can spread the $58.3 million bonus over five years for salary-cap purposes.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Even so, there may be times when using a debit card is preferable.
    — Melanie Lockert, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The central question, then, is which of two options is preferable.
    — Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
  • From their perspective, such a system is far preferable to one in which the will of the people prevails.
    — Nate Hochman, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
  • An option to speak with someone in private and away from the action is much preferable.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 May 2022
  • River sand is preferable to coastal sand, partly because coastal sand has to be washed free of salt.
    — David A. Taylor, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Preparing for the worst is preferable to being forced to do so later on Putin's terms.
    — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 10 Mar. 2022
  • So, which of the options are preferable from the viewpoint of moral philosophy?
    — WIRED, 23 June 2023
  • The first half of Sunday will feature the more preferable conditions, with clouds and showers moving in by the evening.
    — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Given the choice between lots of crude and lots of refineries, the latter is preferable.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Now the big question: In the past, has sleeping in or getting up on time produced more preferable results for me?
    — Lucy Liu, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
  • And one that thickens beneath the heel is preferable to one that's totally flat.
    — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
  • When selecting one, just make sure that the company has a warranty—lifetime preferable—that covers normal wear and tear.
    — Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
  • For the best chance of keeping Earth livable, scientists need to understand exactly how the microscopic creatures around us might be useful, and perhaps even preferable to the more sci-fi approaches to cooling off the world.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024

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