4 uses
- But the audience of doctors has assembled behind the one-way glass, clipboards ready, pens poised.Chapter 16 (80% in)
- I whip back around, arrow poised for flight, but what can be done?Chapter 22 (39% in)
- Inside, Messalla is as still as a statue, poised up on the ball of one foot, head tilted back, held captive by the beam.Chapter 22 (40% in)
- Rue poised on her toes, arms slightly extended, like a bird about to take flight.Chapter 27 (93% in)
There are no more uses of "poise" in Hunger Games Book #3 (Mockingjay).
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