How to Use ready in a Sentence

ready

1 of 2 adjective

• The car won't be ready until tomorrow.
• We got everything ready for the party before the guests arrived.
• I'll be ready in 10 minutes.
• Your prescription will be ready in about 20 minutes.
• Word out of Green Bay is Love is ready to take the reins.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• To stand out from the crowd and be ready for what comes, get ready now.
  — Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• Pauly Shore is ready to squeeze his buns on the big screen.
  — Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
• The Blockhead Army wasn’t ready for them at that point.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
• See, Cootie is 13 feet tall and his guardians aren’t sure that the world is ready for him.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
• But polls show a slice of them aren’t ready to support him in 2024.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
• When ready to serve, remove the kombu from the pot (see Tip).
  — Eric Kim, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
• Lucky for him, the gates are now opening wide — and Mac is ready to step through.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
• The first of those vessels won’t be ready until at least 2027.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
• The GOP seems ready to take it out on the backs of people who can least afford it.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• Alongside George, in his black tuxedo, the two looked ready to tie the knot all over again.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
• If the host is ready to have a good time, everybody else is gonna have a good time.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2023
• The half with the seed will stick out and be ready for plucking by using a spoon to scoop under the pit.
  — Samantha Lande, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023
• The District isn’t ready to issue fines to those who block the transit lanes.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• Keep scrolling for more decor available at QVC to get your home ready for fall.
  — Ali Faccenda, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2023
• But Roberts isn’t ready to give up on Lux at shortstop just yet.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Make a salad, set out a sliced baguette, and Sunday lunch is ready.
  — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
• Andra Day was ready for her close up at the 2024 Super Bowl.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• The initial phase is expected to be ready for tenants by the end of 2024.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2023
• And hopes that the 95-year-old hall might instead be ready to reopen this May didn’t pan out.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• This easy cream of potato soup recipe is rich and creamy and can be ready in just 25 minutes.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2023
• Rather than overnight cooking, these pork chops are ready in just over half an hour.
  — Christopher Kimball, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Dua Lipa is ready to bask in the spotlight once more and have fun doing it.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024
• The Sunshine State is home to dozens of tiny beach towns ready to welcome you for a weekend away.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
• But, Kishida stressed, Japan was ready to share the United States’ burden.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
• After spending some time in a Foster Hero home, Freya has finished her duties as a mom and is now ready to be the baby in her new home.
  — The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024

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ready

2 of 2 verb

• They readied the room for guests.
• We have to ready ourselves for a tough fight ahead.
• She readied herself to speak.
• Democrats are already readying blame for the House GOP.
  — Stephen Groves, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Each bite is a study in richness, and each sip washes your palate clean, readying you for the next.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2023
• To mark the event, jewelers in Britain have been readying new styles and creations.
  — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• Stephen King is readying himself for a flood of hate when his next book, Holly, drops on Sept. 5.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• Just ensure that the plant has time to ready itself before winter sets.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
• Get in the groove before a run with a light warm-up, which serves two purposes: ready your body for the movement ahead, and get you in the right state of mind.
  — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• In a video, Cabrera is seen readying himself to smash the guitar on a stool as Bliss and their guests give him a countdown.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• These are some of the materials that are readying us for the next chapter of the coronavirus saga.
  — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Soon, the black-and-white-striped beauties emerge atop the river bank like soldiers readying for battle.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2023
• Those with a specific task stoop over the counters while the rest stream out of the area and back into the sleeping quarters to ready themselves for the day’s work.
  — Douglas Hook, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2022
• Balado paused, brushed back her hair as if to ready herself, and confronted the man as the camera panned to get him in view.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• There are plenty of other non-kitschy ways to ready your home for hibernation, and none of them involve a trip to the craft store.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 26 June 2023
• Volunteer Robin Gorman readies the dining room and stays out of the kitchen.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
• Bard looked out at the groundskeepers readying the diamond.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• They were ordered to undergo treatment to ready them to stand trial.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2022
• As Mayfield escapes and finds room to ready a throw, Teller makes a critical block.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2021
• Ukraine is readying another military push to roll back Russian forces with the help of weaponry that has poured in from the West.
  — John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• This is another good way to dry lavender to ready it for other uses.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Aug. 2023
• Usually, before an Olympics, the U.S. is able to scrimmage teams from across the world to ready themselves for the competition.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
• Businesses need to ready themselves for a self-transformation to align with the future of work.
  — Essence, 25 Aug. 2022
• But there is such anticipation in the buildup; the learner must ready herself and overcome her fears.
  — Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• Time to ready your bank account — Dell has just revealed the price of its 500Hz Alienware gaming monitor.
  — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
• Jones' typical job was to ready the banquet rooms for whatever events were planned that day.
  — cincinnati.com, 22 Aug. 2022
• To make sure others get to see your outfit, players will be able to see the gear of ther hunters in the Hunt-A-Thon screen before readying up to battle a monster.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• The bathroom mirror scene is a showstopper as Jesse, in order to ready himself for flight, repeats all of the appalling things that have been said to him over the years.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
• The warm-up doesn’t need to be complicated; try these five pre-workout stretches that will ready your body for any routine.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 16 July 2022
• Blaire likens the system to that of a trauma alert — a message sent to medical centers to ready a response to near-fatal car wrecks or shootings.
  — Lauren Peace, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024