poise

“Communicating and keeping your poise and all those factors,” Harbaugh said of preparing for the loud environment in Kansas City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We’re offering an evidence-based approximation, not a number to plan an estate around,” said Stewart, who’s 67 but could easily pass for early 50s, and has the poise of a motivational speaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The 20-year-old has shown poise in the pocket, patience when going through progressions and ability to throw to receivers open anywhere on the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

He would enter on another day, when he had read all the books uptown, an achievement that would, he felt, lend him the poise to enter any building in the world.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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

It’s election day morning and, with voters poised to reshape the country’s political landscape, Scarlett Johansson is still trying to figure out when she’ll have time to vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Artificial intelligence was poised to fundamentally reshape the airline business around the world, Hudson said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Exeter back row Greg Fisilau is poised to win his first cap after being named on the bench.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

As of this week, they’re poised to control nearly twice that number.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

A gull poised himself high in the air, silent and alone, and then spread his wings wide and swooped beyond the lawns to the woods and the Happy Valley.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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

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

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

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

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