Sentence examples for dinner poised from inspiring English sources

I was usually in the kitchen, preparing lunch or dinner, poised over the butcher block with her favorite chef's knife in my hand and her old yellow apron slung around my neck.

Suddenly after the questions were asked, with everyone poised for the dinner at the Osteria del Circo, Dr. Ruth leapt to her feet: You must use condoms, she exclaimed to the actors.

I asked questions, I was polite, I was poised, but as the dinner continued I wondered if I should try to speak more.

During the asbestos crisis that postponed the reopening of N.Y.'s schools, the food-technology team stood poised to deliver 750,000 breakfasts, lunches, and dinners within minutes of the schools' opening.

If Ottolenghi marries clean-lined, perfectly poised lifestyle with food, Honey & Co is just about dinner.

I can't tell you how many times I have perched, poised between two choices when people ask me what I do for a living at a dinner.

But poised for what?

Finely poised.

Intriguingly poised.

He's poised.

"He was poised.