40 Verbs to Use for the Word preparatory

Here he paused, finding himself face to face with Lennox Tudor who was taking off his coat preparatory to ascending.

On the 19th of February previous the Territorial legislature had passed a law providing for the election of delegates on the third Monday of June to a convention to meet on the first Monday of September for the purpose of framing a constitution preparatory to admission into the Union.

Notwithstanding their raillery every man in the group, including Pedro, gave unusual care to scrubbing his face and smoothing his hair preparatory to entering the kitchen for supper and where they would meet, for the first time, Ophelia and Carolyn June.

It was some two or three mornings after my little supper-party that, as I stood in the consulting-room brushing my hat preparatory to starting on my morning round, Adolphus appeared at the door to announce two gentlemen waiting in the surgery.

Alfred came lumbering up stairs, after giving his boots an unusual scraping and cleansing preparatory to entering upon that part of the premises which to him was generally forbidden ground.

One afternoon, Marguerite came into the drawing-room by one door, as Mr. Raleigh entered by another; her mother was sitting near the window, and other members of the family were in the vicinity, having clustered preparatory to the tea-bell.

Krishna observes smoke rising from the direction of Mathura and infers that the Brahmans are cooking food preparatory to making sacrifice.

" He crawled over to the edge of the wagon preparatory to leaving the vehicle and seeking more congenial company.

The hotel, of course, has a barber's shop, and as I expected my client to call I was anxious to get through my toilet quickly; so I rang for one of the barber's assistants to come to my bed-room to cut my hair preparatory to the bath.

110. Do not draw the rifle back preparatory to thrusting and lunging.

Previous to that era, Mackinack was the spot where the men stopped to shave and dress preparatory to the traverse.

Was it short stock, which must be bought back, or long stock; and if long, whose stock? Were the insiders selling out on one another, or were they all selling together, and under cover of Barry Conant's movements were Camemeyer and "Standard Oil" emptying their bag preparatory to the slaughter of the Washington contingent?

He was filling his pipe preparatory to departure.

And at seven-twenty or thereabouts we parted with mutual expressions of esteemthey to shove off in Aunt Dahlia's car to Brinkley Court, her place in Worcestershire, where they were expecting to entertain Tuppy in a day or two; I to go to the flat, drop my luggage, clean up a bit, and put on the soup and fish preparatory to pushing round to the Drones for a bite of dinner.

A misty light came in through the port, sufficient to show me all was exactly as I had left it, and I flung off my jacket preparatory to lying down for a short rest before being recalled for the watch on deck.

When in the progress of events the inhabitants of any Territory shall have reached the number required to form a State, they will then proceed in a regular manner and in the exercise of the rights of popular sovereignty to form a constitution preparatory to admission into the Union.

He raced it for a while, getting the machinery heated up preparatory to the possibility of a run.

You see, that steamer was hugging the coast preparatory to heading seawardat least, I'm pretty sure she was, and that would put the shore on her port side, or on our starboard.

" The hind legs moved forward, giving the effect of a huge cat-camel hunching his back preparatory to a spring.

"I'll give you five hundred on account," he said as he licked his ugly thumb preparatory to counting out the money before me.

He was just lighting his pipe preparatory to going back to the stable when a stranger pulled up to the curb in a mud-splashed depot wagon.

On the evening previous Van Hee had gone over to his office to lock up preparatory to our early start for Brussels.

That a time for such a treaty being obtained, they should appoint an assembly of delegates to meet preparatory to the treaty.

Then he opened his gate preparatory to taking them down the 'Old Stick-in-the-Mud,' and brought them with him into one of the front rooms.

The story he told me was, that some years back he came to Heibuk to trade, and having made a little money was packing up his property preparatory to his departure, when he was suddenly ordered into the Meer's presence.

40 Verbs to Use for the Word  preparatory