How to Use poised in a Sentence

poised

adjective

• The actors were poised on the stage, ready for the curtain to come up.
• She held the pencil poised over the paper.
• She seemed poised to take on the leadership of the country.
• He is now poised to become the next big star in country music.
• The company is poised for success.
• And the Raiders looked poised to go ahead as well on their opening drive.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 29 Dec. 2019
• The Ducks look poised to get the ball back, pinning the Sun Devils with third and long.
  — oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2019
• At the second race, The Rock seemed poised to win, but midway down the track the car veered off the track and stalled.
  — Jesse Wright, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• Your colleagues in the Senate are poised to not give him that and not give him the vote.
  — Fox News, 9 Sep. 2018
• The decade seemed poised to bring about a more equal and just America.
  — Sarah A. Seo, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
• Thanks to the play of Cardenas and Giller, the Hornets (9-2) seem poised to do just that.
  — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2017
• But just as the Proud Boys seemed poised to take over the far-right ecosystem, the group started to fall apart.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2021
• Now up 3-0 in their series with the Kings, the Golden Knights look poised to move on to the second round.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 17 Apr. 2018
• The Knights still seem poised to take van Riemsdyk in the expansion draft.
  — Chris Hine, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
• Even so, trade talks between the two countries seem poised to step up a gear.
  — Sherisse Pham, CNN, 24 July 2019
• Still, the new 2 coupe is just as entertaining to drive and even more poised on the road.
  — Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2022
• Aiken then seemed poised to pick up the plurality on the fourth vote.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2023
• Remain poised to adapt to unforeseen changes in the week ahead.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 June 2021
• The Lions were down 1-0 at the half, but took six shots (two on frame) and looked poised for a second-half charge.
  — Jordan Culver, Pro Soccer USA, 30 June 2018
• Wooster jumped out quickly to an 8-0 lead and appeared poised to run the Titans out of the gym.
  — Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• Instead, both parties seem poised to make the worst of this crisis.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 11 Mar. 2020
• City Hall also looked poised to get in on the action on Friday.
  — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 1 June 2018
• But with all the excitement heading into the end of the year, talk of smart hedges looks poised to ramp up.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 15 Dec. 2019
• In his late teens, in the early years of the 1960s, Charlie Watts was a poised and unflappable young man.
  — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021
• The first marked a costly swing late in the first half for the Raiders, who trailed 14-10 but looked poised to take a lead into halftime.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• The Greyhounds looked poised to make a deep tournament run.
  — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2020
• Klopp's men seem poised to secure a Champions League spot at the end of the season.
  — SI.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Once again Democrats seem poised to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
  — Allan Lichtman, Time, 26 Jan. 2018
• But the dancers remained poised — not even the raucous cheering that echoed through the theater could melt the stern looks from the dancers’ faces.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2020
• Somehow, after being named the L.A. Times’ player of the year for two straight seasons, Watkins has further refined her game as a senior — more poised, more mature, averaging 30 points and 15 rebounds.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024