poisein a sentence
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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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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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There was Andrey with his perfect poise and long judicious hands; Vasily, the hotel's inimitable concierge; and Marina, the shy delight with the wandering eye who had recently been promoted from chambermaid to seamstress. (source)poise = composure
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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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Though purblind man Sees but a part o' the chain, the nearest link: His eyes not carrying to the equal beam, That poises all above;" and from the attributes of God, his infinite wisdom, goodness and power, concluded that nothing could possibly be wrong in the world, and that vice and virtue were empty distinctions, no such things existing, appear'd now not so clever a performance as I once thought it; and I doubted whether some error had not insinuated itself unperceiv'd into my argument, so as to infect all that follow'd, as is common in metaphysical reasonings.† (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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He is not a maniac anymore; he is perfectly controlled, perfectly poised. (source)poised = calm and in control
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This practice allegedly overcame a variety of evils: standing in front of his fellows encouraged good posture and gave a child poise; delivering a short talk made him word-conscious; learning his current event strengthened his memory; being singled out made him more than ever anxious to return to the Group. (source)poise = composure or grace
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—Open the watermelon—he said, poising a large knife over the perfect fruit.† (source)
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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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Mama looked at Papa, her lips still poised to speak. (source)poised = prepared (ready to do something)
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