How to Use prepare in a Sentence
prepare
verb- The teacher prepared the students for the test.
- The nurses prepared the patient for surgery.
- Your room is being prepared now and should be ready soon.
- She tried to prepare herself for bad news.
- The sailors are preparing themselves for a long voyage.
- We don't have much more time to prepare ourselves for their arrival.
- Farmers are busy preparing the soil for planting.
- The pharmacist prepared the prescription.
- They'll be arriving soon. We don't have much more time to prepare.
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The plows that prepare the soil for planting run on diesel.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
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The inside reef flashed its teeth as the wave sucked up and prepared to break.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2025
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What was the process like in terms of preparing for that role?
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
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Add them to your cart now to prepare for the season ahead.
—Carly Kulzer, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
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But Biden had been in the country and preparing for the event for 12 days.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
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Tell me about preparing to go on the road with the Pretenders.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
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The injury derailed his chance to prepare for the draft.
—Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2022
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But there’s still a lot to prepare for in those second, third, and fourth years!
—Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
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The calf swam up in the background, just as Iliya was preparing to head back to the surface to take a breath.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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Christmas, on the other hand, takes weeks and months to prepare for.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Switchblade 300 is a drone the size of a seagull that takes two minutes to prepare for flight.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2022
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V-Day quotes and captions queued up for your IG post, there’s a lot to prepare for.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 16 Dec. 2022
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This is a fair period in which the next steps can be prepared.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
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But if the meals are too easy to make, customers will just prepare them from scratch rather than from a box.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 3 May 2023
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In preparing to bring that story to the big screen, Miller wrote not just one movie, but three.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
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That game was played on a Thursday night, so K.C. has had extra time to prepare for the Colts.
—Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022
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Throw in the hours to prepare before the round and to recover after the round, and that has led to some long days.
—oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2022
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Throw the long shift lever into high, stab the throttle and prepare to take off like a rocket.
—Harvey Briggs, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2022
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When prepared and consumed in the right way, potatoes can help with weight loss goals.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 12 July 2023
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For those who enjoy seeing hummingbirds in their yards each year, now is the time to start preparing.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Heather also added videos of the family preparing for Brayden's big birthday bash, with sweet glimpses of Tristan playing with Christina's son Hudson.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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