Sentence examples for ready to absorb this from inspiring English sources

Even so, we aren't ready to absorb this news.

"Is the system ready to absorb the decision tomorrow?

Back then they looked more like mini airbags, inflated and ready to absorb the blows that came their way.

Gen. Beni Ganz said Israel would be ready to absorb the entire population of the southern Lebanon security zone if it sought refuge in Israel.

1. Would Khrushchev be ready to absorb the prestige loss of acquiescing in a reimposed quarantine or would he feel compelled to use his submarines against our naval vessels?

Babies are born ready to absorb the sounds and grammar and intonation of any language, but then the brain wires itself up to only perceive and produce a specific language.

As the sun rose with the coming of spring, that meant more open ocean was exposed and ready to absorb the sun's rays, fueling an early start to the melt season.

It was as if the Giants, and especially Burress, were emerging from the shell they have kept themselves in all season, finally ready to absorb the attention that comes with reaching the Super Bowl.

We sat on a warm night, more than 1,000 people of all ages and backgrounds, ready to absorb the heady confusion of gender, sexuality and love that drives Shakespeare's great play.

Down the street, a McDonald's and a Subway stood ready to absorb the ancillary economic effects of increased retail traffic in the neighborhood, which acts as a staging area for private port-based businesses like warehousing and freight forwarding.

But – cliche alert – just as a single swallow does not make a summer, so a solitary successful IPO does not signal that the market is ready to absorb the estimated 120-plus offerings that have been lingering on the sidelines for months, waiting for a green light.