Sentence examples for ready standing from inspiring English sources

"They bury their Dead with their Heads directly downwards; because they hold an Opinion, that in eleven Thousand Moons they are all to rise again; in which Period, the Earth (which they conceive to be flat) will turn upside down, and by this Means they shall, at their Resurrection, be found ready standing on their Feet," wrote Jonathan Swift about the inhabitants of Lilliput, in Gulliver's Travels.

That doesn't mean sticking your head in the sand; it does mean being ready for standing up for your own preferences and explaining openly how you feel impacted.

An ambulance was parked outside, standing ready.

Accountants -- thousands of them, standing ready to crunch the world's numbers.

This argument for standing ready to arm Ukraine has one merit, but also several flaws.

Should the sultan decide to divest, some ready buyers are standing by.

"Caution, bond investors: There is no European Union standing ready to bail out Puerto Rico".

And there may not be many other donors standing ready to pick up the slack.

But Illinois is at least standing ready, at the head of the line, for the day when the gates open.

INTEREST GROUPS Advocacy organizations have their press releases ready, their surrogates standing by and their outrage primed for both rulings.

The classical repertory, with its inborn solemnity and flair for catastrophe, was standing ready for the occasion.