Thesaurus / preparing

preparing

How to use preparing in a sentence

When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.

The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.

While the fortress was undermining at home, they were not idle, who were preparing to storm it from abroad.

He had his beautiful robe under him (for it was summer), and was preparing for his funeral oration.

She is very highly educated, and is preparing her eldest son for the university herself.

Following the boys, Baptiste entered by the kitchen door to encounter the mother and three daughters preparing the meal.

Madame Antoine busied herself in the large front room preparing dinner.

He found the village in disorder, the fields neglected, many houses deserted, the remainder of the people preparing to move away.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

Directions for preparing it are given in most of the newer large text-books upon clinical diagnosis.

He reappeared again a moment later, to call the host, and give him orders for the preparing of his own and Rabecque's supper.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985