preparatory to造句

a device that supports a football off the ground preparatory to the kickoff.

Lucien had found time, preparatory to the count's arrival, to relate many particulars respecting him to Madame Danglars.

The edge of a piece of material that has been beveled preparatory to making a miter joint.

Refining apparatus in which the temperature of paraffin distillates is lowered preparatory to filtering out the solid wax.

Tom's folks muley said had gone to a relative's place preparatory to going west. muley was the only sharecropper to stay behind .

Dis hyah Peter, Miss Pitty's coachman. Doan step down in dat mud," he ordered severely, as Scarlett gathered up her skirts preparatory to descending.

"I like good strong words that mean something," replied Jo, catching her hat as it took a leap off her head preparatory to flying away altogether.