The Rutskoi party, arms at the ready, arrived at the villa and met no resistance.
Soldiers dressed in camouflage with guns at the ready stood guard along her 25-minute motorcade route into the city.
Deal flow, particularly at early stages, was active, and even though valuations were high, investor dollars were seemingly at the ready.
Rifleman at the ready! Basic infantry units, the Riflemen are able to deal withstand moderate damage. In large enough Numbers, they are almost unstoppable.
Matthew was gone out the window, and a good thing, too, because Father slammed through the door in his nightshirt, wild-eyed and -haired, cedar rod from his workshop, thick as a branch, at the ready.
Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready.
All the runners were at the ready, awaiting the pistol shot that would start the race.
Whatever form your stop sign naturally takes, have it at the ready at all times to bring you back from your thoughts and into the present moment.
Despite all the recent cries of "Shovels at the ready!" it is very difficult to agree on and disburse emergency spending quickly and effectively.
I watched Kim as she spoke to the head trader, clenching my jaw as I held the phone tightly to my ear. My floor broker was at the ready.
He is holding a gun at the ready.
This artistic explosion was possible in part because Van Gogh kept his brushes, paints, and palette constantly at the ready.
On a recent morning, Evers steered his pickup truck through a Central California almond grove, his drawling sales pitch at the ready.
soldiers with machine guns at the ready
The CD-changer has six discs at the ready: waltz, swing, country, rock-and-roll, salsa, and tango.
Later I would think about how most people would thank a son for having a Shop-Vac at the ready, for my at least attempting to heave at her diaphragm.
If something did happen, they were at the ready, or at least as ready as they could muster.
To make matters even more difficult, the markets, like circus clowns, always seem to have a custard pie at the ready.
The idea is to make the image easily accessible, a way of keeping your armor at the ready.
reserve troops held at the ready
— to all: The pumpkin turned to funeral wagon; The rats to nightmares, part horse, part dragon; The bats to footmen at the ready; The cat to driver, holding steady The steeds who'd speed her to the ball.
Riding crop, monocle and bullhorn at the ready...!
It requires institutions that are fast, flexible, and accountable, that can give voice to the voiceless with resources at the ready.
So, on our trip to Romania last year, our camera was at the ready when our motor coach tour group arrived at Count Dracula's castle.
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