primed

How To Use primed In A Sentence

• Your stepson could have been left in a dysregulated state whereby he is primed to be constantly hypervigilant to threat and to respond. Times, Sunday Times
• He primed his last grenade and threw it into the group of aliens.
• The powder charge and the ball and patch had to be rammed separately down the tight-fitting barrel and the pan primed with powder.
• This sequence occurred around halfway through the interview, so the interviewees were primed by then into realizing that more details were expected.
• Sail-trimmer, and Pumpman; a primed candle for each battle-lantern; a thumbstall and vent-guard for the 1st and 2d Captains of each gun. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.
• These big, freely painted, heavily collaged unprimed canvases together form something of a spiritual marching band, though they mostly seem to follow the beat of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
• Maybe I had picked up the wrong gadget, and it was a calorie counter, primed to record a Big Mac and fries.
• The guns are currently silent, but a number are being primed for action.
• The doctor has primed him to be told it may be prostate cancer and it may have spread to his bowel.
• When the Cave family gathers for a reunion at their idyllic holiday retreat, everyone has an emotional hand grenade primed and ready to throw.