For this reason, some prefer methods that, while unpleasant, leave victims alive and unmarked.

Trickery might be all right, but he preferred stronger methods.

He maintained a working farm into his seventies preferring natural methods.

He is very calm and collected, preferring pacifist methods instead of violence.

Warrington tried using a computer to design his graphics, but decided he preferred traditional methods on graph paper.

Some teachers prefer other methods of target-setting for their pupils.

It's nice to have money for pretty clothes and makeup, but I prefer other methods!

We prefer the more organized and scientific methods, the large organization.

He preferred more subtle methods of delivering death to helpless victims.

Writers on contraception tended to prefer other methods of birth control.