A gentleman is open and poised.
The diver poised on the edge of the high board.
Wall Street was poised for a lackluster opening.
The gymnast poised herself on the balance beam gracefully .
But this archaic system may be poised to change.
The girl poised the glass on the edge of the table.
Meanwhile, Japan’s economy is still poised precariously between recovery and renewed slump.
EU enlargement was always something of an experiment: it may be poised to enter uncharted territory.
Blue and green dragonflies, poised in the air, added to the enchantment.
He'd seen her, day after day, at her desk in the technology department, poised and delicate as a China figurine.
His shoes were poised beside his desk and his tuxedo jacket was draped over the back of his admiral's chair.
Standing nervously at the bookshelf, I was poised to replace the volume quickly if I heard footsteps.
But in 2008 stocks of Alaskan pollock shrank by half, leaving what is believed to be the world's largest food fishery poised on the brink of collapse.
In the great tropical harbor of Manila Bay, two groups of men warily approach each other, their hands poised above their weapons.
With a deadline of the end of this month, America has lodged an objection and Britain looks poised to follow (see article).
He scuppered a life-saving deal with the South Koreans by barging clumsily into negotiations being run by a key lieutenant, which were delicately poised.
Some of the men above were tragically called Uncle Toms, but now one of them is poised to be the most powerful man in the world.
The step-by-step opening-up of the field is not meant to introduce chaotic contest among the operators. Instead, it aims to keep Singapore ever-adjusted to the global IT developments and well-poised for further advances.
To tide over the immediate crisis, the UN’s Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is poised to announce a three-month package of assistance for “urgent life-saving activities”.
Li is poised to continue her run and elevate her world ranking further, with the year's third major, Wimbledon, just around the corner with the China Open to follow later in the year.
From its memorable opening line, Rand's prose camera pans out to reveal Howard Roark, a young student of architecture, poised nude on a cliff's edge and preparing to dive into the lake below.
Ortega believed that had he lived, Jackson was poised for a career resurgence that would have restored some of the luster lost after the singer's 2005 child molestation trial.
