getting ready
Example Sentences
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The craftsman is getting ready to add the finishing touches, inscriptions or designs, to his work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"The night before she was going to travel back, we were all getting ready to meet her in London, and she went for dinner with friends," Nic added.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Crow, 64, bought both properties through a trust managed by her longtime financial manager—having chosen to relocate from a remote 150-acre farm to the Nashville estate when her children were getting ready to start preschool.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
On a recent weekday morning inside a studio in the heart of Hollywood, Rachel Lindsay and Van Lathan, co-hosts of The Ringer’s “Higher Learning,” were getting ready to roll.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
“It’s another warning sign. Nobody should doubt that St. Helens is wide-awake and getting ready to erupt.”
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
