Sentence examples for bent ready from inspiring English sources

Arlene is slumped against the wall just outside the exit, her hand clutching her shirt at the collar, her eyes red from crying, her knees bent, ready to collapse.

The sequence of predation noted here is comparable to the one typically described for generalist ground-nesting ponerine ants; however, like for other arboreal ponerine species, the phase of antennal palpation was reduced to a simple contact immediately followed by the seizure of the prey body, with the gaster already bent, ready to sting.

The writer took hold of one of her legs, her sister took the other, and the midwife bent between, ready to catch the emerging corpse.

Keep your knees bent and ready to move.

Keep your knees slightly bent (and ready to spring), feet shoulder width apart and staggered weak foot forward.

Unfortunately, children who 'believe in' Santa often experience an abrupt and often uncomfortable 'unbelieving' that lies waiting around the bend, ready to ambush their celebration at any moment".

Stanley O'Neal, and several other men, all of whom leaned forward, elbows bent, as though ready for class.

By keeping your knees bent you are ready to jump immediately rather than having to lower yourself and then jump up for the block.

Wallace is an Alabama carpetbagger bent on mischief and ready for insurrection, in which he has already had some experience.

Wallace is an Alabama carpet bagger bent on mischief and ready for insurrection, in which he h has already had some experience.

Here, at the northernmost tip of the island, the vines grow thick, branches bent double with grapes ready for harvest.