equipoise

As Sam Sacks writes of this posthumously published collection of short stories, “Segal never loses her equipoise, or her sense of humor, in these most extreme confrontations with mortality.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

I hoped that during the next decade, the pendulum would swing back from 9/11 overreach and regain some semblance of equipoise.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025

This equipoise held for four very productive years, but there comes a moment in all love stories when one partner gets fidgety and starts to pull away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

But there are some from across the debate who don't think there is equipoise in this case.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024

Certainly much of Katherine’s equipoise came from her father, Joshua.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

It’s the sort of thing those who’ve avoided playing Minecraft but still find it intriguing should pay attention to—an exquisite, LEGO-like builder deftly equipoised between structured and freeform play.

From Time ● Dec. 19, 2016

When power was thus nicely equipoised, there was a natural tendency to avoid conflicting issues.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William

When the brain is wearied by the passions, appetite and digestion are almost gone….There is nowhere perfect health, save when the passions are well regulated, harmonized, and equipoised.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman

The “kettle” was equipoised by lead fixed round its mouth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

He will be a self-centered, equipoised, and ever master of himself.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett