Sample sentences for PREPARATORY

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Definition

preceding and preparing for something

The expressions preparatory school and preparatory classes typically imply preparation for college. Often, preparatory school is shortened to prep school.

The preparatory school has a reputation for sending students to top colleges.

She opened the meeting with some preparatory remarks.
a preparatory meeting to set the agenda
preparatory steps
It was a long train ride up to our prep school in Boston, and there were guys on that train.
Julia Alvarez -- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

prep school = preceding and preparing for something

He mounted a starting box, leaned forward from the waist as he had seen racing swimmers do but never had occasion to do himself—I noticed a preparatory looseness coming into his shoulders and arms, a controlled ease about his stance which was unexpected in anyone trying to break a record.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
He wore a velvet prep school blazer with a crest emblazoned on it in glittering thread, and at least a dozen rings.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire
"Preparatory examination negative," Dr. Krokowski announced.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
"Very well," said Gabriel amiably, as he took another preparatory draught, "kindly forget my existence, ladies and gentlemen, for a few minutes."
James Joyce -- Dubliners
In high school she enrolled in the college preparatory course.
Russell Baker -- Growing Up
Once he heard a warning groan beneath his feet and felt the steel settle preparatory to giving way, but he had already moved on.
Stephen King -- The Gunslinger
And welcome, teachers and students from .... the Beecher Prep School!
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder
Mrs. Radford had done all the little jobs preparatory to going to bed, had locked the door and filled the kettle.
D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers
Educated at prep school and the Sorbonne, he had a cum laude degree in international finance.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
Your mother's maiden name is Bryn Branson Cabot, and she attended St. Mary's Preparatory School in New Hampshire.
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
She has had her country wedding, and I've got rid of my goose to some fellows who are starting a preparatory school."
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
He leaped down and lifted the yoke preparatory to watering his animals.
Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve
He became aware that Mr. Jackson was clearing his throat preparatory to farther revelations.
Edith Wharton -- The Age of Innocence
Instead of the Rowan you know, they'll be witness to nothing more than a posh little prep school.
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan
This was Smurov, a boy in the preparatory class (two classes below Kolya Krassotkin), son of a well-to-do official.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov

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