All 8 Uses of
poise
in
The Fountainhead
- But she moved as she had moved in the drawing room of Kiki Holcombe—with the same cold poise and confidence.†
Chpt 1.12
- He was angrier than she had ever seen him; his face lost all the charm of his usual sarcastic poise.†
Chpt 2.8
- There are a great many nice adjectives one could use about Katie, but 'poised' and 'distinguished' are not among them.†
Chpt 2.11
- So I won't play the poised host.†
Chpt 2.14 *
- Dominique sat at the other end of the room, her thin body fitted obediently to the contours of a straight-backed chair; she did not look stiff, only too poised for comfort.†
Chpt 3.2
- Dinner was announced and she rose obediently; she led the way to the dining room, like a graceful animal given poise by conditioned reflexes.†
Chpt 4.4
- In the ludicrous folds of the pyjamas, with dark cloth bulging over a belt wound tightly, with sleeves hanging over her fingertips, she had all the poised elegance she displayed in her best hostess gown.†
Chpt 4.17
- She stood, her hand lifted and closed about a cable, her high heels poised firmly on the planks.†
Chpt 4.20
Definition:
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(poise) calm and in control -- as in "shows poise under pressure"
and/or:
prepared for action -- as in "poised for action" -- (sometimes suspended or hovering as in "a finger poised over the mute button")
and/or:
confident and graceful in movement -- as in "the poise and balance of a dancer"