How to use "ready" in a sentence

When everything is ready, I try to cut through the skin of my arm with the longer knife

However, the visions tell me something: I am not ready to die

Now I am ready to go.

He accepted the invitation and we got ready to go.

Only tell me when you are ready."

Captain Nemo's men got ready to fight it.

The Nautilus shook from the explosions of the cannonballs in the water, but it went forward, ready to attack the enemy ship.

"Professor, wake up! The boat's ready

"Get ready

'I have to get ready

Finally the day came when Sue and I were ready to go shrimping

Why wasn't I ready for that news? I don't know, but I wasn't

We are, I know, ready and willing to submit our lives and our property to such discipline, because it makes possible a leadership which aims at the larger good

By six o'clock he was ready for work and went downstairs to the backyard

'When will the meal be ready?' the stranger asked.

Supper will soon be ready.'

'I'm ready now,' he said.

'Now we're ready for the kind gentleman

Marius, meanwhile, raised his right hand with the gun, ready to fire the warning shot.

'The carriage is ready?' Jondrette asked the three men.

'Father told me this morning that I have to pack everything and be ready to leave for England within a week.'

I wear a cheap hat, my jacket has lost half its buttons and there are holes in my boots.' He turned away from her and stood with his face pressed to the trunk of a tree, almost ready to faint

In the spring of 1832, the people of Paris were ready for revolution

The barricade was stronger than it had been for the first assault, and the rebels were at their positions, guns loaded and ready for action

"Get it ready," he says, and Little John takes the ladders back down the stairs to the glass doors.

And Barry nods again and feels ready to speak

He wants to put his hand in his coat pocket, but he has to keep the grey pistol ready.

Are you ready to sign?"

"We support you - Gran is just not ready yet

"We're ready for visitors!" called a cheerful voice

Mrs Van Hopper and I were ready to leave Monte Carlo

'They have been getting the rooms in the east wing ready for us

Then, thank God, Frith came in to say that lunch was ready

That evening, as I was getting ready for dinner, there was a knock at my bedroom door

'I think we ought to be getting ready.'

'Are you ready? I want to have a look at you.'

I'll come down when I'm ready.'

When I was ready, I opened the door and walked along the corridor

Tell Mrs Danvers to have food and drink ready for the men

'When you see Mr de Winter, Madam, please tell him there will be a hot meal ready for the men at any time.'

'Lunch is ready; shall we go in?' he said.

'I'm ready to go,' said Maxim quietly

She sagged, limp and weary and ready to return to bed.

An Electronic Battleship game had stood on that table, as Danny had left it, ready for play, but the easel had toppled into it and knocked it to the floor.

"Now that you've had your fling as a producer, you're ready to settle down

These last few days, as your show's been getting ready to open, I've had the feeling you might finally realize you need something more in life, something a lot more emotionally satisfying than whatever it is you can get out of just producing stage shows."

She'd need two hours to get ready for her date with Elliot Stryker.

about the boat," Elliot said, not even knowing where he was going to go with that line, ready to say anything to keep Tom from putting up the garage door and throwing them out.

"I can't think of a better explanation, but I'm not ready to accept yours

When she turned to Elliot again, she was clearly ready to get the hell out of there, without questions, without argument, without the slightest delay.

You be ready to slide over and take the wheel."

When he put the gun on the seat again, it was ready to be used.

That same traitorous bastard is also up there in the labs right this minute, ready to open the gates and doors to them

Get hold of Jack Morgan and tell him to get the chopper ready

We have to be ready to kill them or put them out of action some other way."

'I'm ready, Andre!' I shouted, turning and covering my eyes.

Knock on the door when you are ready and I will explain what you have to do.

At most, people believed there might be living things on Mars, perhaps less developed than us and ready to welcome visitors

One or two adventurous people went into the darkness and crawled quite near the Martians, but they never returned, because now and again a light-ray swept round the common, and the Heat-Ray was ready to follow

And all night the sound of hammering could be heard as the Martians worked on the machines they were making ready.

These waited in a long line, ready for action, right across the mouth of the Thames, watching the Martian attack but powerless to prevent it.

I searched every room for food until, when I was ready to give up, I found some bread and two tins of fruit in one of the bedrooms

'Well, people who intend to escape them must get ready

I'm getting ready

It should be possible to find the position of the gun from which the shots came, to watch this part of the planet carefully and be ready.

We were ready for bed.

We began to get ready, and we remembered that we had packed our toothbrushes

At last, we were ready to eat breakfast

When we were finally ready, we carried our luggage to the road

When they are finally ready to pull, they start running

Get my best boots ready, please.'

George and I got the stove and the frying pan ready

When the scrambled eggs were ready, there was very little to eat

Harris got a spoon ready.

We had a small breakfast and we were ready to go

Then, we got out the big bag and got our clothes ready.

She heard Mercy having a bath, then getting ready to leave the house

Lady Glyde was ready to leave the next morning

In 1937, as Amelia was close to her 40th birthday, she was ready for a big journey

She tested better than John Glenn, the man who went to the Moon! She passed her tests and was ready to go into space

Everyone is scared of him, but I am not! I am ready to fight Zorro and win! I am a champion with the sword

I am ready to punish you."

Zorro is ready to fight.