would sooner
Example Sentences
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It is that the average father would sooner eat the grill brush than ask to be thanked—and I built the survey specifically to find out why.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
In his prime he would sooner jump in a lake than give you the slightest glimpse of what was going on inside his head.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2022
But she also said that she wouldn’t get weekly tests unless vaccinated workers also had to: She would sooner sell her house and move.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2021
Yet, even after being expelled back into Mexico, he and other asylum seekers expressed enthusiasm that their conditions would, sooner or later, improve under the new administration.
From Reuters • Jan. 21, 2021
She accepted it with fulsome thanks; it was lovely to behold, and all that burnished copper would flash prettily in the sun, though if actual battle threatened, she would sooner be clad in steel.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
