Preferring

Avoiding one-use kitchen utensils, Elton forgoes apple corers, preferring the more versatile paring knife.

In Quebec, people tend to avoid the use of English, preferring the use of French.

Tom, stubborn as he was, refused to change to the sensible metric system, preferring to measure volume in hogsheads instead.

Britain, like the United States, didn’t take up the offer, preferring instead to develop their own testing methods for the virus.

There was a script but, as a rule, Tom didn't stick to it, preferring instead to improvise.

The total number of cases is estimated at just under 2,000, but some public health experts, including Dr. Joanne Liu, president of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), say many cases are going unreported as patients resist hospitalization and isolation wards, preferring to entrust their care to family members instead.

Marcus was somewhat shy, preferring to keep his views to himself.

He was a poor scholar and loved to play “hookey,” preferring the great outdoors to the crowded class-room. His marks were very poor as the result. But he was a voracious reader of literature.

Ultimately, he never testified face to face with investigators, preferring to only answer their questions in writing without cross-examination by prosecutors.

Yidir is about to turn 70. He is still a confirmed bachelor, preferring his cat to the company of a woman.