ready to be drawn
Example Sentences
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Biden was not ready to be drawn into that argument at that point.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2020
Gold pieces accumulate in the banks, ready to be drawn out, given as presents, redeposited and sent back to the Reserve vaults again.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Securely fastened with strong ropes they lay at the foot of the scaffolding ready to be drawn up into place, and standing about in a half circle were missioners, pupils, and workmen.
From The Shipwreck A Story for the Young by Spillman, Joseph
Take these three apples, and when you have filled your skin, and are ready to be drawn up, lay one of them on the ground.
From The Olive Fairy Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
Every evening he assembled all the men-at-arms by the war-horn out of the town; and for a long time in the winter they lay under arms all night, ready to be drawn up in array.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson