poise

Some evidence exists that she didn’t handle the job with poise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

Simpson did not start, but he played with confidence and poise while leading three scoring drives, including two for touchdowns in the second half.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

The Daily Telegraph, external echoed that a "decent director" was needed, concluding that the show is "delivered with too much actorly poise, and no sense whatsoever for comic timing".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Her first day in the schoolhouse his two girls, Amanda and Marie, had delivered the Declaration with poise.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

That was why he had been swinging the poises.

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

Reports that the Walt Disney Company is poised to lay off thousands of workers didn’t seem to move the needle for its languishing stock on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

The stock is poised to gain 20% or more by the first quarter judging by technical indicators.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

That is still close, but notable given that Ossoff looks poised to win re-election easily against Collins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Noting “Martin McDonagh has already been anointed,” Amy Nicholson declares, “Jesse Eisenberg is poised to become the 21st century’s next great screenwriter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The problem is, I’m not poised at all.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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