How to Use prepare in a Sentence

prepare

verb
Definition of preparenext
Synonyms for preparenext
  • The teacher prepared the students for the test.
  • The nurses prepared the patient for surgery.
  • Your room is being prepared now and should be ready soon.
  • She tried to prepare herself for bad news.
  • The sailors are preparing themselves for a long voyage.
  • We don't have much more time to prepare ourselves for their arrival.
  • Farmers are busy preparing the soil for planting.
  • The pharmacist prepared the prescription.
  • They'll be arriving soon. We don't have much more time to prepare.
  • But Biden had been in the country and preparing for the event for 12 days.
    — Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
  • Tell me about preparing to go on the road with the Pretenders.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
  • But there’s still a lot to prepare for in those second, third, and fourth years!
    — Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • The calf swam up in the background, just as Iliya was preparing to head back to the surface to take a breath.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But if the meals are too easy to make, customers will just prepare them from scratch rather than from a box.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • In preparing to bring that story to the big screen, Miller wrote not just one movie, but three.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
  • When prepared and consumed in the right way, potatoes can help with weight loss goals.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 12 July 2023
  • Krumholtz felt prepared, having read the book on which the film was based in addition to studying the script.
    — Stuart Miller, Variety, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The rest of the industry needs to hope that Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao, used the good times to prepare for a black swan.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • My whole life is made up of moments that have prepared me for Survivor.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
  • For now, both sides appear prepared for a high-stakes game of chicken.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2024
  • There was a top-secret code name on the sides Ruth Bradley was sent to prepare for an audition.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The inviting chef’s kitchen is the perfect space to prepare meals and entertain.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
  • But first Goldstein has to prepare for that Seattle show.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Lee had Wilson run a pair of 4x400 relay legs five hours apart this year at the Penn Relays in part to prepare him.
    — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • This is not the first time that Harland & Wolff has prepared for bankruptcy.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The event went until 1 a.m. on Saturday to prepare area Muslims for the next day’s fast.
    — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2023
  • You’ll always be prepared for the elements with a pair of these durable rain boots in your closet.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 17 July 2024
  • That knowledge still won’t prepare you for the bananas final episode.
    — Paul Schrodt, Vulture, 20 June 2023
  • But even as committed to that idea as Jason may have been, none of us were prepared to the degree to which people love this show.
    — Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
  • However, if a buyer does discover unsavory past events via research, a listing agent should be prepared to discuss them if asked, says Beacher.
    — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024

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