I would sooner marry a man I loved, though I knew he would ill-use me.
I would sooner go into the Thames off Waterloo Bridge than touch a farthing of his money," said Arabella with a spirit which the other woman did not at all understand.
I would sooner fight a Saracen, or ride such a horse as killed that poor major.
We are very much inclined indeed to add, that we do not know any book which we would sooner employ as a test to ascertain whether anyone had in him a native relish for poetry, and a genuine sensibility to its intrinsic charm.
A fellow at my table argues about our slowness in the Old Country and sometimes one would sooner be quiet.
Do you know, I would soonerbe a captain of a ship than a minister of state?
I served under this Hereward a few months ago in the Friesland War, and know no man whom I would sooner follow.
I would sooner be a wolf than a hare, of course, killing being more in my trade than being killed; but--who comes here?
But I would sooner that he had not been told as yet.
Mary,--I would sooner be Will Belton with Clara Amedroz by my side to get through the world with me, and not the interest of an acre either at Belton Castle or at Plaistow Hall!
I would sooner have to starve than talk about it at all.
Mr. Lovel, retreating, "I would soonertrust my person with a mad bull!
The Captain, far from listening to their persuasions of accompanying them to Ranelagh, was quite in a passion at the proposal, and vowed he would sooner go to the Blackhole in Calcutta.
I should fall into his arms," said Jane recklessly, "and I would sooner be there than on a pinnacle.
I would sooner a thousand miles were between us--and I am certain there are not many yards!
He is shamefully in debt; but I suppose, if their horse wins the Derby, he will pay; otherwise I would sooner be my lord than his tradesmen.
Never mind; I would sooner come to you and yours and hide my shame, than to any one else.
Still, he had already surmised that he would sooner or later have to make the decision, and while he remembered the promise the ragged outcasts had required of him a vague illogical longing for the stress of the conflict awoke in him.
I would sooner be dead, and drownd myself I will before I marry 'ee, Abram Lestwick!
I would sooner he should till the ground than bow to a customer.
Know, that by the sentence of the archbishop and the command of the viceroy, I am interdicted from the city: and know that I would sooner put my soul into the keeping of a parrot, than my books into the hands of a messenger!
Hold me by the hand, and my good horse shall drag thee through the melee--I would sooner that my arm were hacked off than that thou shouldst sleep in the accursed lake: enough of thy blood rests in it, with Don Gabriel.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "would sooner" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
