Sentence examples for were ready to strike from inspiring English sources

By May 21 Thiers's forces were ready to strike.

In other words, the US troops were ready to strike.

Hedberg, a 37-year-old veteran nicknamed Moose, kept the Devils in the game until they were ready to strike.

The workers were ready to strike, clergy and political leaders provided their support, and many people in the community backed the strike".

Mr Haq, who is from Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, said his forces were ready to strike from provinces sur rounding the capital.

And there was no sign that the 34 political parties represented there, for all their antigovernment statements, were ready to strike a deal with one another after years of division and cooptation by the government.

But the constitutional court is ready to strike these down.

Davutoglu was confident that Iran was ready to strike a deal — with Turkey's help.

Senior British officials said then that the men had not been ready to strike immediately.

The janitors, whose contract expired on Wednesday, had been ready to strike.

But, recently, it has appeared that investors are ready to strike one item off their list of concerns: corporate profits.