ready and willing
Example Sentences
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Unlike streaming or TV, where viewers are "ready and willing to give up their time," micro-dramas are competing with the allure of scrolling.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
"Police are ready and willing to engage with people that breach those rules."
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
The growth of the private credit market, in which investors rather than bank depositors fund loans, protects bank depositors and ultimately taxpayers by transferring credit risk to people ready and willing to bear it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
“You could say to people, let’s meet at 3 for a taco, and there would be five people ready and willing to go.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
Where she was once ready and willing to fight any battle, she prefers now to retreat, reinforce her defenses, double the locks on the doors.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
