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Example sentences for "preparation"

Lexicographically close words:
preoccupy; preoral; preordained; prep; prepaid; preparations; preparative; preparatives; preparatory; prepare
  1. She only smiled in her slow, faint way, and made preparation to go with him who meant so much to her.

  2. Clement had called for her to climb the mountains with him, and she was making preparation to go, working swiftly and unhesitatingly--and it seemed deliciously sweet to be swift and active once more.

  3. Darwin very politely, acceded immediately to my proposition, and, as he had never seen it given, left the preparation and the dose to my direction.

  4. She took the same preparation of Foxglove without any diuretic effect, and afterwards two and three grains of the powder twice a day with as little.

  5. Their pain outweighs their joy many times over, as in Hardy, and as in the more genial Meredith, whose rapturous digression played on a penny whistle in Richard Feverel is a heart-breaking preparation for the agonies that ensue.

  6. Some were already rolling dismally home, to sleep in preparation for the morrow.

  7. Every preparation had been made on the day previous to the contemplated flight; the cars were to be at the door by eight o'clock on the next morning.

  8. Should the South carry the day, the growth will be speedy and the preparation rapid.

  9. The occasion was a solemn one; preparation was begun long beforehand; it was an important affair, an affair of State.

  10. The latter, though least in rank, was the most important from the number of its pupils, and was a preparation for the others.

  11. The steel-facing is accomplished by first making the plate chemically clean, as before preparation for graining, only be very thorough in using an old tooth-brush to get out the dirt and in addition use chloroform before using potash.

  12. I have been reading a couple of hymns 'On preparation for death.

  13. General Grant had expected that a severe battle would have to be fought before we could obtain possession of the place; and its capture by our cavalry not being anticipated, no preparation had been made for its permanent occupancy.

  14. I at once set about obeying the order, and as but little preparation was necessary, I started for Chattanooga the next day, without taking any formal leave of the troops I had so long commanded.

  15. No--he would say--your purgatory may be a place of preparation if you will, but not for heaven.

  16. The clash of arms and note of war-like preparation that now resounded along the right bank of the Ebro, crossed the stream, and penetrated into the valleys of Navarre.

  17. And this surgical instance seems to have satisfied his mind, that the exacerbations consequent on punishment are an indispensable preparation for a moral restoration.

  18. In accordance with this determination, I made preparation to take my family to Port Stanley, forty miles distant.

  19. I began to reflect on the subject and concluded, inasmuch as people would send company to me, it would be better to make some preparation for entertaining them.

  20. Friar Jordanus gives a very superficial account of the musk deer and the preparation of musk (Wonders of the East, pp.

  21. After aiding in the preparation of Legazpiā€™s fleet, he sails with it as treasurer.

  22. The method of preparation is essentially that described by Pigafetta.

  23. A healthy girlhood is the finest preparation obtainable for the higher duties of life.

  24. Mrs. Case promised that money for equipment of at least one basket-ball court, better swimming facilities, and the preparation of a field for track athletics would be supplied.

  25. The matter itself is difficult and requires long preparation and preliminary knowledge.

  26. As one has nothing to eat on the Sabbath day unless he has prepared food the day before, so the enjoyment of the future world depends upon spiritual preparation in this world.

  27. The absence of the guest does not make the preparation improper, for the character of the act does not depend upon the choice of the guest to do or not to do the desire of the host.

  28. To be sure, we may argue that whether one prepare himself or omit to do so, the preparation or neglect is itself determined.

  29. Prophecy is a human gift and requires natural aptitude and hard preparation and study.

  30. One small element in the preparation for the journey is twisting the threads for the water bottle.

  31. The delay occasioned by the preparation of these boats was more irksome as the waters of the river continued to subside.

  32. In the meantime we made every possible preparation for defence.

  33. The cares of preparation were at an end, and I could still count on three weeks of comparative leisure at Sydney, during which time I could arrange the business of my office.

  34. I expected Mr. Finch to arrive with the stores, and in the meantime the preparation of a strong boat was going forward, to be ready in case our further discoveries might lead to navigable waters.

  35. This was welcome news, as it gave them an opportunity to let the draft animals rest and feed well in preparation for the long prairie haul ahead.

  36. Then he busied himself in making preparation for his too long-delayed journey.

  37. Beniah did not reply to this question, but rose to make preparation for his journey.

  38. He also cut a large quantity of firewood, and built another booth in which to protect it from the weather, and otherwise made preparation for the winter when it should arrive.

  39. Not a single craft in all the harbour fleet was going out, or making any preparation therefor.

  40. Smoke pouring out of a funnel that protruded from the top of the cabin on the starboard side, and a noise of dishes rattling below in the galley, indicated preparation for breakfast.

  41. This baptism is an absolutely essential preparation for Christian work.

  42. They form, as it were, the background and preparation for Judaism and Christianity; Christianity is the fulfilment, not of the Law only, but of all that was truest and best in the religions of the ancient world.

  43. But the work of preparation was a long one, and not until it was finished could the gods of Semitic Babylonia be born.

  44. To the Egyptian the present life was but a preparation for the next; not only the spiritual elements of which he was composed, but, as he hoped, his body itself would survive beyond the grave.

  45. Behold why God did not wish Adam to assist at the preparation of his wife.

  46. In another part of the kitchen was in preparation a stuffed pike, a favourite dish of the Israelites, recommended by tradition for the Sabbath day.

  47. Every preparation was now completed for the departure of our forces on the following morning, the 5th of September.

  48. Every preparation for the attack being completed on the 30th, the dawn of the 1st of October was looked for with intense interest.

  49. As it was directed that it should take place in the most public manner possible, the high Chinese officers were invited to attend, and every preparation was made to give eclat to the proceedings.

  50. Yet it did not escape Keshen that, even if he succeeded in casting good cannon, he could only do so as a preparation for the future.

  51. The next day, the 25th of February, was the great day of preparation for the combined and resolute attack of all the Bogue forts.

  52. At length, soon after noon on the 24th, every preparation for the advance was completed.

  53. But the recommendation did not even stop at that point; for it went so far as even to encourage the cultivation and preparation of the poppy within the empire, in order to exclude a portion of the foreign article from the market.

  54. How great must have been his rejoicing when he at length succeeded in winning from Captain Elliot a further delay of ten days, for the fair preparation of a definitive treaty for his signature!

  55. His highness was condescending to superintend the preparation of the breakfast for his guests, that it might be worthy of them.

  56. And the reason given for this renewal of interest in the ancient institution was contained in a reference to the "universal combustion and bruittis, and rumours of foreign preparation throughout Christendom".

  57. For the Scottish maidens, as for their mistress, intercourse with the frivolous company that gathered about Catherine de' Medici was but indifferent preparation for the serious business of life.

  58. The whole insincere suggestion of most churchyards now is that life has been spent in a vale of tears: a long tribulation, merely a preparation for another and better world.

  59. The contrast between the magically fluid narrative as unreeled on the screen and the broken, zigzag, and apparently negligent preparation of it in the studio is the sharpest I can imagine.


  60. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preparation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adaptation; anticipation; apprenticeship; architecture; armament; arrangement; assembly; balm; balsam; breeding; briefing; building; casting; catering; composition; conditioning; construction; contemplation; conversion; craftsmanship; creation; cultivation; development; devising; discipline; discretion; drill; drop; drug; elaboration; elixir; endowment; equipment; erection; exercise; extraction; fabrication; finding; forecast; formation; formulation; foundation; furnishing; grooming; groundwork; growing; handicraft; handiwork; harmonization; harvesting; herb; improvement; instruction; instrumentation; intonation; investment; logistics; making; manufacture; medication; medicine; milling; mining; mixture; mobilization; modulation; molding; nurture; orchestration; orientation; phrasing; physic; planning; powder; practice; prearrangement; prediction; preliminary; prep; preparation; prerequisite; prescription; preview; processing; procurement; production; proprietary; prospect; provision; prudence; raising; readiness; rearing; rehearsal; reinforcement; resolution; retailing; sagacity; scholarship; schooling; selling; setting; smelting; solution; subsidy; subvention; supply; suspension; syrup; tisane; training; transcription; treatment; trial; tryout; tuition; upbringing; workmanship


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    preparation for; preparations were