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"Poise" in a Sentence (25 examples)
He has a lot of poise.
Tom has a lot of poise.
Eleven-year-old Gracia sits in a chair that is two sizes too big for her, dangling her skinny legs and speaking with poise and wisdom about a life that has not been easy.
The way Caifeng carries themselves with poise and confidence further enhances her Asian beauty.
The way Carmela carries herself with confidence and poise is a testament to her Maltese heritage.
Anna's radiant smile and graceful demeanor epitomize the elegance and poise commonly associated with Russian women.
Dorottya carries herself with poise and confidence, effortlessly commanding attention wherever she goes.
Jamin's slender figure exudes grace and poise, enhancing her overall beauty.
He always reacts with great poise in any emergency.
She descended the staircase with grace and poise.
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plants and animals, which are all made up of and nourished by water, and perhaps never return to water again, do not keep things at a poise
Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]
as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away, / With dreadfull poyse is from the mayneland rift, / […] So downe he fell […]
As for Hyperboles, I will neither quote Lucan, nor Statius, Men of an unbounded imagination, but who often wanted the Poyze of Judgement.
The slender, graceful spars / Poise aloft in the air.
one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality
1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden to poise with solid sense a sprightly wit
Every man poiseth [translating poise] upon his fellowes sinne, and elevates his owne.
you saw her faire none els being by, / Her selfe poysd with her selfe in either eye.
I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.
to poise the scales of a balance
Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; / Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie.
The intention to close [Yeovil] Pen Mill was therefore abandoned and instead the economy axe was re-poised over Yeovil Junction.
The rock was poised precariously on the edge of the cliff.
He cannot sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence.
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