Sentence examples for exactly poised from inspiring English sources

Most of my cooking has a rustic visual appeal but is not exactly poised for a photo shoot.

As a father, he was not exactly poised to shape for his infant son a future any brighter than his own.

This is, after all, the Tory party at war, and perhaps soon in shreds, at a moment when Labour doesn't seem exactly poised to pick up the pieces.

While Red Bull on the rocks isn't exactly poised to eclipse the Cosmopolitan, the energy drink has become big enough that even the beverage giants have noticed.

They do, however, emphasize some caveats, including the stubbornly high unemployment rate (New York City's rate is marginally lower than the national average, and it has been on a steady decline), tight credit and an overall economy that is not exactly poised to fuel an imminent housing comeback.

As a Political Science graduate with a nonprofit background, Julie wasn't exactly poised to command a high salary or score a great job.

In his article, Seth Weintraub brings up a number of excellent points about how exactly Android is poised to grow even faster in 2011 than it already did in 2010.

Modern neuroscience now stands poised to unravel exactly how this circuitry works in order to generate both normal and pathological behaviors.

And this year, the agency, which oversees voting and enforcement of election laws, is poised to get exactly the same appropriation as last year, $8.1 million.

Lin Chu said her grandson had always been a mild-mannered boy who shared his possessions with others, and indeed Lin is drawing plaudits for doing exactly what a smart, and poised, point guard should — passing the ball to teammates when they are in a position to score.

Amid talk of an increasing mismatch between the law and the nature of the terrorist threat today, Congress appears poised to do exactly what it assiduously avoided in 2001: authorize a broad, open-ended war against groups unconnected to those responsible for Sept. 11.