Use of the word poise in a sentence example

poise

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A diver poised his body before taking a dive. [Please select]

She is a woman of great poise. [Please select]

In another arrangement the self-recording parts are entirely enclosed in the travelling poise itself. [Please select]

That he now poised that it now throbbed. [Please select]

But with Carpeaux's distinction Dalou has more poise. [Please select]

The castle stands perched (say rather poised, like St.) [Please select]

A moment it poised there, while he swayed, sick with horror. [Please select]

He recovered his poise with quite astonishing activity, and shuffled himself back again to the center of the dais. [Please select]

But a little farther on Miss Maggie's step lagged perceptibly, and her head lost its proud poise. [Please select]

Miss Maggie had left the sofa, and was standing, as if half-poised for flight, midway to the door. [Please select]

_ "AN OPPORTUNITY CAME, WHICH, HAD SHE BEEN POISED IN THE AIR, COULD SCARCELY HAVE BEEN MISSED." [Please select]

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