All 4 Uses
poise
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- Yet nothing changed—the Volturi still stalked toward us, poised to kill.†
Book 1
- Yet nothing changed—the Volturi still stalked toward us, poised to kill.†
Book 3
- I pictured Irina poised on the cliff, watching.†
Book 3
- Garrett remained poised for attack.†
Book 3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(poise) calm, confident, and in control—especially in movement, behavior, or when ready to act
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, poise is a technical word referencing a unit of dynamic viscosity.