How to Use at the ready in a Sentence

at the ready

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• The posh pup has a home in the lobby and outside the front entrance, and sits (and stays) at the ready for belly rubs.
  — Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 2 July 2026
• As Alice walks to put the scissors into evidence, her abusive ex Marshall is standing there, bag at the ready.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 July 2026
• These kids have their run of the island, and there’s ample sun and boats, booze and pot, old friends and new ones at the ready whenever Annie’s journey of self-discovery gets too heavy.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026
• New on the high-tech medi-spa scene, this beacon of calm offers state-of-the-art diagnostics and therapies with a team of specialist doctors, therapists, sports scientists, and osteopaths at the ready.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
• Disaster repair funds at the ready Between 1980 and 2024, Florida averaged just over two billion-dollar weather disasters each year.
  — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026