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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• While there are still several holes, the Browns look poised to make a sizable leap.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 16 May 2018
• The chicken wings, drenched in a sauce meant to pay tribute to D.C.’s mumbo sauce, look poised to fly off their plate.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
• At that point, with the no-hitter off the table, Greinke still looked poised to pitch a shutout, which would have been just his third since 2013.
  — Richard Morin, azcentral, 13 June 2019
• On this Sunday, the Titans were simply better and more poised than the Browns.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• With great field position, the Bengals looked poised to strike.
  — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
• Early results have been promising and seem poised to keep the research on a roll.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2020
• San Jose, too, looked poised to jump both clubs thanks to an early lead against the woeful L.A. Galaxy.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
• While the Republicans once seemed poised to sweep both the House and Senate, a recent chain of events has helped the Democrats close the gap.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 3 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024