Sample Sentences forpoise (editor-reviewed)
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She has great charm and great poise.poise = composure (calm confidence -- even when under pressure)
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The army is poised to attack.poised = prepared (to do something)
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She has such balance and poise, she can effortlessly move, jump, and change position on the balance beam.poise = confidence and grace in movement
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The once self-conscious girl is now a woman with considerable poise.poise = composure (calm confidence)
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His newborn cunning gave him poise and control. (source)poise = composure (a state of calmness)
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She had not even blinked a false eyelash at those offensive remarks (poise, they call it). (source)
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Poised over her kill, the tyrannosaur became suddenly hesitant. (source)Poised = suspended or hovering
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She sat with perfect poise, like royalty, as she poured tea for her guest, Mr. Fadlan. (source)poise = composure and grace
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I cracked my knuckles and grabbed the Player Two joystick with my left hand, poising my right hand over the Flap button. (source)poising = suspending (in a ready position)
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On an impulse I pressed down the lever of the cattle caller and a bellow came out like that of a Miura bull as he poises before firing himself at the butterfly sweep of his first veronica.† (source)
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And then his father came up beside him where he stood before a tattered last year's circus poster on the other side of the store, gazing rapt and quiet at the scarlet horses, the incredible poisings and convolutions of tulle and tights and the painted leer of comedians, and said, "It's time to eat."† (source)
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At one point, she launches up in the air, over a small barrel and lands poised on her tiptoes. (source)poised = balanced and ready for action
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Ever since Ean had arrived, he'd carried himself with a kind of poise that few people possessed. (source)poise = composure (calmness and confidence)
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She was poising in her hand the iron bar that she had torn off the lamp-post, ready to throw it.† (source)
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She opens her mouth, poises her tongue for speech ("Darling!" she is trying to say), cannot utter the word.† (source)
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Mama looked at Papa, her lips still poised to speak. (source)poised = prepared (ready to do something)
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