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Sentence count:256+15Posted:2017-04-10Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: assuredbalancedcollectedcomposedconfidentSimilar words: poiseporpoisepoisonpoisoningpoisonousnoisefood poisoningtortoiseMeaning: ['pɔɪzd]  adj. 1. marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action 2. in full control of your faculties. 
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121) Congress is poised to block-grant to the states huge chunks of federal programs.
122) It kills off lingering Tory hopes the economy is poised for recovery.
123) If this trend continues, building societies are poised to provide a greater competitive challenge to the retail banking sector. 2.
124) He poised himself, blade weaving defensively before him, ready to take instant evasive action.
125) Jason Hemmings is poised to take over from Howell in goal next season.
126) He was like a large, beautiful cat, poised and motionless, but prepared to leap.
127) A little extra pressure and I would be able to fish it out with the hypodermic needle I had poised ready.
128) The worm is now poised to emerge from its dormant phase and begin to spread rapidly by colonising more machines and sites.
128) Wish you will love sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
129) To Heather, she seemed delicate looking, poised with her hands loosely clasped in front.
130) He made it plain, quite quickly, that he was poised to adore Anna.
131) Alert, she stalked the jackrabbit, her stiletto poised for a deft jab.
132) How does he see himself poised at the intersection between his various stories about the past and his various imagined futures?
133) She felt about as poised as a baby elephant taking his first steps, she thought miserably.
134) She went very still, the sensation of being poised too near the edge of a precipice sweeping over her again.
135) And with Twickenham hosting the final, the 2001 winners are poised to enter the history books.
136) A small table stood nearby on which ivory chessmen stood poised in combat on an inlaid board.
137) Many latter-day Democrats believe that he was uniquely poised to hold together the New Deal's fractious electoral majority.
138) Stronger economic growth means inflation, which erodes the buying power of bonds' fixed payments, could be poised to rise.
139) On the verge of Connemara, we passed through a steep valley of rocks poised as if to roll down upon us.
140) Poised on the little platform stage in front, she quickly scanned the faces confronting her.
141) He followed her and Urquhart to where a coolly poised young woman stood by herself, holding but not drinking her madeira.
142) The air was very still and drops of dew were poised in perfect globes on blades of grass and leaves.
143) Social sciences are poised for a revival in schools but will there be enough qualified staff to teach the subjects?
144) Littlewoods, meanwhile has been gathering its forces and is poised for a comeback.
145) Everything was set, poised, waiting to function at the speed of light.
146) To be sure, the on-line travel industry is still in its infancy, but it appears poised for explosive growth.
147) But what was totally unfamiliar was the athleticism and poised stage presence she had achieved in such a short time.
148) She stood there staring, poised like a disturbed marsh bird for instant flight.
149) Its poised, out-thrust head gave it the appearance of a cobra, a white cobra.
150) A chunk of rubble half as high as a man was poised on the edge above the telephone box.
More similar words: poiseporpoisepoisonpoisoningpoisonousnoisefood poisoningtortoiseturquoiseadvisedcanonisedrealisedpromisedsurprisedhypnotisedpulverisedrecognisedimprovisedspecialisedenfranchisedmoisthoistfoistnoisydaoismheroismegoistpatoisegoismnoisily
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