poise

Mr. Rushdie has unusual calamities to look back on, but he does so with astonishing poise and a resolutely dispassionate attitude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Croft says the Belarusian would benefit from applying the same level of poise during her matches.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

His latest haul put Durham in a strong position which McKinney cemented with an innings of poise and calculated aggression.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The market should recover its poise within the next few days, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Wearing a blue suit with a little trim of white handkerchief sticking out of the breast pocket, Ivory made a striking figure, his poise like that of someone thirty years old instead of seventeen.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Then there’s that open, teeth-exposing, wonder-filled smile that poises sheer delight on the brink of a bottomless despair, two states of feeling that somehow both negate and enhance each other.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2019

Others include pacifiers with a part that poises a choking hazard to young children.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2016

Choosing permanent head of division poises an early quandary for John Brennan.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2013

Contrasting lives: Syrian caught in the middle CIA director faces quandary on clandestine service appointment Choosing permanent head of division poises an early quandary for John Brennan.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2013

The ill-made knight turned to his oldest friend, to the first person he had loved with his poises.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Games in October against Toronto and Ottawa, with the series perfectly poised at 1-1, should give them those feelings again.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

In afternoon trading, the 10-year Treasury yield moved up to 5.16%, poised to close at a fresh 19-year record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Canadian provinces had looked poised to put American alcoholic products back on their store shelves last month as Trump and Canadian officials appeared close to achieving a new trade deal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Rather than saying, as I suspect they are poised to do now, “We know the answer,” before you even get started.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ishtar held the pen poised over the checkbook.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

But that hasn’t slowed down the scooter-makers: Both Bird and Lime have raised hundreds of millions in venture capital funding, poising the companies to continue to expanding across the country.

From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2018

The Greeley Fire Department determined the people had carbon monoxide poising and 22 people were taken to a hospital Saturday night.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2018

A white hedonist basking deliciously among South Sea Islanders and a sturdy Cape Codder poising his malicious harpoon over boiling seas, join incongruously in the popular impression of Herman Melville.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week a glittering aluminum Ceres took her place on the city's skyline, poising her twinkling magnificence on top of Chicago's tallest office pylon, the new 44-story, 609 ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, poising her flushing, the arch-stone of the realm, he made an end.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White