Synonym: assured, balanced, collected, composed, confident. Similar words: poise, porpoise, poison, poisoning, poisonous, noise, food poisoning, tortoise. Meaning: ['pɔɪzd] 
adj. 1. marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action 2. in full control of your faculties.
adj. 1. marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action 2. in full control of your faculties. 
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1) She stood poised for a moment.
2) He stopped writing and looked at me, pen poised.
3) He studied the keyboard carefully, one finger poised.
4) The cat crouched in the grass, poised to jump.
5) The economy is poised for take - off.
6) Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone.
7) The girl poised the glass on the edge of the table.
8) The rebels are poised for a new assault on the government garrisons.
9) He sat with his pencil poised,[http://sentencedict.com/poised.html] ready to take notes.
10) The eagle poised in mid-air ready to swoop on its prey.
11) The game is poised on a knife-edge. One mistake or one piece of good luck could decide it.
12) The economy is poised for recovery.
13) The bee hung poised above the flower.
14) Peter hesitated, his hand poised above the telephone.
15) The world stood poised between peace and war.
16) She was poised to challenge for the party leadership.
17) The military forces are poised for attack.
18) A dancer poised in midair.
19) Abigail walked to the microphone, poised and confident.
20) The dancer was poised on one foot.
21) The local economy is poised for take-off.
22) His finger was poised on the camera's shutter release.
23) They hovered by the door, poised for flight.
24) The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop.
25) He is a remarkably poised young man.
26) The economy is poised on the edge of collapse.
27) His manner was perfectly poised between gravity and teasing.
28) The British team is poised to win the title.
29) US forces are poised for a massive air, land and sea assault.
30) She waited by the door like a small animal poised for flight.
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