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How to use would rather in a sentence

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But instead of setting her time machine to shoot into the future, she would rather go back in time.
We would rather prefer to see positive measures in the same fields when linking aid to migration.
Drink, drugs and high spirits led to some unfortunate situations that they would rather forget.
The wealthy would rather spend their money on a good tax accountant than give it to the chancellor.
We are catching up with history, and I for one would rather there be an organic process, rather than tokenism.
Expectant mothers would rather have their babies at home than travel to Colchester.
Chances are you won't get a high-powered job if your colleagues would rather watch paint dry than listen to you.
Whether you would rather race touring cars around Brands Hatch or hop Baja Beetles over rough dirt tracks, the choice is yours.
It is just a quirk that people would rather take on coloured cats like tortoiseshells.
Given the choice, she would rather have been anywhere but facing the press pack last night.
I would rather go out of the Cup than lose league points under certain circumstances.
They would rather sit on the couch and blame our leaders for their own inactivity.
Trans people do not find great enjoyment in randomly accusing people of transphobia, and would rather not have to bring it up.
Although his ammo had been replenished, the captain would rather have trekked back to the supply area than witness a fellow soldier die.
We would rather do triage right over the patient then sit down and put something together that we'll just end up revisiting in a few days.
There are those among us who have never had much time for the royals, and who would rather be considered as citizens than subjects.
I would rather be defeated then shrink from the great issues, because from such defeats we rise again with twice as much strength.
Truth be told most of us would rather they weren't trying to play hide the sausage with Australian jobs over this free trade bizzo.
They would rather shop at national chains than at local mom-and-pop stores.
I think I would rather have been at the ancient Greek Olympiads than at the one that's coming up.
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Examples from Classical Literature
It seems to me then that I would rather be a hero of a French duel than a crowned and sceptered monarch.
One would rather bag one's own game, whether it be with a bullet or an eyebeam.
We claim that normally we would rather have the cars than the dollars of demurrage.
I would rather have you find fault with me like a friend than approve me like a dilettante.
However, he would rather die than plead his time of life in bar, and his faith in the dogman was unlimited.
Mr. English sparrow heard her say this, and thought he would rather like to be bothered in that way.
I am no advocate of 'conservancy,' but would rather see the immediate utilisation of the excreta.
I would rather have a bloodstain on my escutcheon than a dishonourable blot.
Why, I would rather lose the power of speech for ever than befoul your ears with the record of my shame.
I would rather feel the dewfall of a child's loving tear upon my face than wear a laureate's crown.
And is there anyone who would rather be injured than benefited by those who live with him?
Or perhaps your friend chark would rather think that I was given to poisoning my relations?
He would rather have that than flabby silence, as if he were nailing into dry-rot.
I would rather gain one prize from the choragus, than ten from the Gymnasiarch.
Of the three, Bessie thought she would rather be the one with the disposition.
I would rather pay for every breakfast, and even every dinner, eaten by me since here I came, than take money as an approver.
I would rather exaggerate than minimize my own shortcomings to you to-night.
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