How to Use prepare in a Sentence

prepare

verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • The inviting chef’s kitchen is the perfect space to prepare meals and entertain.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • His aunts, mom and mother-in-law prepared the family recipes that became the basis for the menu at the restaurant.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • That’s right, the Coopers are preparing to welcome their first child soon.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The program’s end goal is to prepare them for a television career.
    Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Eclipse glasses are still very much needed for most of the show, so make sure to come prepared, according to NASA.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
  • He’s spent the last few months intensely preparing to join the Jayhawks.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
  • Think of things like 24/7 support or sustainability throughout the supply chain, look for what customers will care about, and start preparing for those things now.
    Jeet Mukherjee, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024

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