Sentence examples for nicely poised between from inspiring English sources

Their latest vintage is nicely poised between spice, fat, perfume and freshness.

Their gestures are nicely poised between a writhe and a waltz, and, for particular emphasis, they like to hit the wall with a scary splat.

The tag was invented by the media, which dwelt on two of the ringleaders, a hothead named Andreas Baader and a former journalist named Ulrike Meinhof, and the label is used again for "The Baader Meinhof Complex" — a title nicely poised between criminal cluster and psychological obsession.

It is nicely poised between an older, French-inspired style of innovation, as represented by Juan Mari Arzak, who trained in the nouvelle cuisine kitchen of the Troisgros brothers in Roanne (where I myself spent a few happy days long ago), and the new wave of ground-breaking Spanish cooking, as exemplified by Ferran Adrià and his disciples, including Mr. Arzak's daughter, Elena.

They're characters from Eastern European folk tales or Kafka, boiling with energy, nicely poised between the comic and the sinister and prone to metamorphosis: an opera singer keeps "a monkey dressed in baby clothes," a woman "turned into a black cat / and I ran after you on all fours".

Well, isn't this nicely poised.

The match is nicely poised for a Monday night denouement.

This is very nicely poised, isn't it.

Events were nicely poised at 3-3, before the dreaded rivals finally ran out 6-3 winners.

Well, maybe two more whiskey and gingers … Anyway, this is rather nicely poised.

The sprinters lurk a little further back, with Greipel and Sagan nicely poised.