Preferred

It was so lovely a day that I preferred to walk.

Source: tatoeba (37851)

I preferred baseball to football in my childhood.

Source: tatoeba (245848)

I worked hard to get into my preferred school.

Source: tatoeba (246202)

I preferred wearing my Hawaiian T-shirt and green shorts to be cool and different, but I quickly got used to the white shirt and black slacks.

Source: tatoeba (252139)