Sentence examples for sit at the ready from inspiring English sources

Flasks sit at the ready.

Squeeze bottles of thick sauce, smashingly sweet and spicy, sit at the ready.

Gas masks sat at the ready.

A coffee pot sits at the ready.

A row of soft-serve cones garnished with lemon slices and restocked by disembodied hands sat at the ready to test the claim.

Plastic sheeting also covers the windows; air purifiers and filters hum softly in the corners; and a bucket filled with clean water sits at the ready to wash off any dirt accidentally brought in from outside.

Three dump trucks sat at the ready.

Thousands of additional police sat at the ready in trucks that jammed nearby streets.

The anxious pranksters obediently raised their masks and sat at the ready.

I finally joined her at her desk, where she sat at the computer, ready to administer an online Asperger's evaluation.

While Sheik Khatib reiterated his offer here, saying, "As a gesture of good will, we are ready to sit at the negotiating table with the regime, but we don't want their hands to be full of blood," he refused to provide any details.