in readiness in a sentence

Examples

1. Meanwhile, the curtain quivers in readiness, like a guillotine hanging overhead.
2. Back in London, all is in readiness for the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
3. All is in readiness for the coming week's celebration in Oslo.
4. In February, the warship participated in readiness exercises in the Caribbean.
5. Mussolini ordered troops to the Austrian-Italian border in readiness for war against Germany.
6. Maintenance crews were cutting the grass, keeping all in readiness.
7. It was later used as a warehouse to store munitions in readiness for D-Day.
8. Our bombs still hung in readiness in the bomb bays.
9. She not only waits for them, she poses in readiness.
10. In readiness, I have gotten out my whole tool kit.