Prepared

Examples

• Then Prussia declared war in support of Austria, and the allied forces, under the Duke of Brunswick, prepared to invade France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Surely he is prepared. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If I have gone a little beyond what you were prepared for, I can go back, I suppose? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Must have been prepared for it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Robert is prepared. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We go forward prepared to repair it after we have stormed the pass. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Sergeant is sorry to say that he is not prepared with the money. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Both parties then prepared openly for war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nevertheless I was always prepared to take advantage of them in case they did. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Probably he prepared the ground for his sowing with a pole, or a pole upon which he had stuck a stag's horn. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Casaubon had prepared all this as beautifully as possible. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Suffice it to say that when Edison went boldly out into new territory, after something entirely unknown, he was quite prepared for hard work and exploration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She was prepared to be wet through, fatigued, and frightened; but the event was still more unfortunate, for they did not go at all. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• If so, it was a liberty that Rosamond resented; and she prepared herself to meet every word with polite impassibility. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Each machine was operated by a clerk, who translated the message into telegraphic characters and prepared the transmitting tape by punching the necessary perforations therein. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I should be blind and deaf if I were not prepared for the reply. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The umpires were stationed behind the wickets; the scorers were prepared to notch the runs; a breathless silence ensued. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• How will she bear the shocks and repulses, the humiliations and desolations, which books, and my own reason, tell me are prepared for all flesh? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She went into the kitchen, and stirred up the fire, and lighted the house, and prepared for the wanderer's refreshment. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Nevertheless, his intrepid adversary prepared to close for the thirteenth time. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• On my way to the village I prepared myself for the possibility of meeting Sir Percival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I can recommend them, for I have them especially prepared by Ionides, of Alexandria. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You have prepared me for my exposure, and I thank you for that too. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I put my arm on the back of his chair, and I saw in his glance that my words and my look at her empty place had prepared him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But you told me to prepare to be tried, and I prepared myself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I prepared her for confirmation--she is a favorite of mine. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I had come in with an idea of distinguishing myself rather, conceiving that I was very well prepared; but it turned out to be quite a mistake. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Lydgate's anger rose: he was prepared to be indulgent towards feminine weakness, but not towards feminine dictation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She is very angry with you, Fanny; you must be prepared for that. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She was prepared to fight him for it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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