Sentence examples for long poised from inspiring English sources

Serra's long, poised, dynamically unbalanced takes offer a seemingly tactile array of eighteenth-century textures.

They often begin like torch ballads, describing their loneliness in long, poised phrases above soothing chords and a muted beat.

They long seemed poised for a successful chase, after restricting India's big-hitters on an awkward surface.

And the outstretched arm of the figure standing behind the reveler is one of the great American arms: strong, long, directive, poised to embrace.

The sandwiches alone would have coaxed us out of our labs and carrels but even better, every dean at the school sat at a long table, poised behind a microphone, ready to answer any question we cared to ask.

Impacted bitterness rises effervescently to the surface by way of sharp dialogue delivered in poised long takes — some running more than five minutes — punctuated by brisk zooms and pans that suggest the swift, assertive lines of etchings.

Photographers stood massed behind barriers patrolled by police, their long-snouted cameras poised, their breath rising like steam.

Sneaking up on an unwary fish in dim waters, the 4-meter-long reptile is poised to strike.

It has since been transformed into part of a glittering, 22km-long coastline development, poised to place Malaysia firmly on the world's luxury property and tourism map.

Long necks, trim shoulders, neatly made upper bodies poised on long legs.

As long as Florida politics remains finely poised and as long as Mr Castro rules in Havana, transformations will be off the agenda.