All 5 Uses of
poise
in
Tenth Grade Bleeds
- Poised on his tongue was a blatant lie.†
Chpt 5.
- With a horrific shock, Vlad realized that his mouth was open, his fangs elongated, poised over the delicious-l ooking blue vein in Meredith's neck.†
Chpt 7.
- Looking back, Vlad could almost forget the horror of that moment when he realized he'd been poised to snack on the girl of his dreams.†
Chpt 13. *
- Ignatius slid to a stop in a catlike pose, poised to strike again.†
Chpt 17.
- Otis's eyes darted to Vlad, and before Vlad could blink, Ignatius gripped him by the throat from behind, the blade of his knife poised to plunge into Vlad's chest.†
Chpt 24.
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, poise is a technical word referencing a unit of dynamic viscosity.