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.
  • What was the process like in terms of preparing for that role?
    Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Add them to your cart now to prepare for the season ahead.
    Carly Kulzer, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • But Biden had been in the country and preparing for the event for 12 days.
    Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
  • Tell me about preparing to go on the road with the Pretenders.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
  • The injury derailed his chance to prepare for the draft.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2022
  • But there’s still a lot to prepare for in those second, third, and fourth years!
    Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • 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
  • Christmas, on the other hand, takes weeks and months to prepare for.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
  • V-Day quotes and captions queued up for your IG post, there’s a lot to prepare for.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 16 Dec. 2022
  • This is a fair period in which the next steps can be prepared.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
  • 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
  • In preparing to bring that story to the big screen, Miller wrote not just one movie, but three.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • When prepared and consumed in the right way, potatoes can help with weight loss goals.
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 12 July 2023
  • With the pesky Knights dispatched, the Wildcats now prepare to head overseas.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Three things to watch as the Aggies prepare to build on a surprising 2021.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Krumholtz felt prepared, having read the book on which the film was based in addition to studying the script.
    Stuart Miller, Variety, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Now may be the time for Lincoln to prepare to produce such a model once again.
    Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Workers have been preparing for the meeting of cardinals, set to begin May 7, which will end with the election of a new pope.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 May 2025
  • The region famously prepares its tea through pan frying and steaming methods, too, which yields unique and vivid expressions.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 4 May 2025

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