The biological world always seems poised to innovate.
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.
The on-stage Gracie may look poised, but the real Gracie is shy, a little self-conscious, and, before every performance of my life, panicky.
Being a pageant girl taught me to be polished, poised and slap on a smile.
He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.
(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life.
Grandeur and sublimity, not softness, are the features of Estes Park. The glades which begin so softly are soon lost in the dark primaeval forests, with their peaks of rosy granite and their stretches of granite blocks piled and poised by nature in some mood of fury.
I just feel like I've been in a lot of high-pressure situations, and I think I'm able to stay poised in those situations.
