How to Use preferable in a Sentence

preferable

adjective

• 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
• Still, to not have to start at all would be preferable.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Sports fans can get accustomed to anything, and some of the new norms are preferable to the old ones.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• But there are times when a silent arena is preferable, too.
  — New York Times, 26 May 2022
• Some of the crypto jokes are dated, but that’s preferable to bored apes still being in the news.
  — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
• 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 this is preferable to belief in a truth that may not exist.
  — Stephen J. Ceci, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2020
• 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
• Clouds break up on Sunday, but brisk winds and highs in the mid- to upper 40s make the indoors preferable.
  — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020
• This gives you the most power and the nine-speed automatic, which is preferable to the CVT.
  — cleveland, 11 July 2020
• White walls can do the trick, but a high-quality screen is preferable.
  — Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• Order the four packs of 16-ounce canned beers online (preferable) or by phone.
  — Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2020
• 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
• Proper masks are preferable to the standard skiers’ Buff.
  — Megan Michelson, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2020
• That is preferable to digging the whole plant up and moving it indoors.
  — Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2020
• 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
• The plots wouldn’t have to be contiguous, although that would be preferable.
  — Matthew Cicanese and Erika Reiter, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
• Although a deal is possible and preferable, coming up with one will be hard.
  — Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2025
• Courts have interpreted this to mean that certain religions cannot be given preferable treatment over others.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025