Sentence examples for poised behind from inspiring English sources
Tomorrow he'll add: "Our great party is literally climbing into the mouth of a lion, as it stands unaware of an American dentist poised behind, dozing as it climbs into a ride at Alton Towers that hasn't been checked since 2008, placing our economy in a shopping mall in America just before a teenager goes berserk with a machine gun.
Yet there is a demure threat poised behind every courteous gesture.
Interpreting the news, whether you're poised behind a desk or standing on your mark, can't be performed without some degree of distortion.
Poised behind the goal with electronic "wand" in hand, they grab the referee's attention by pressing a button, then communicate with the man they're there to assist via the medium of conversation via a microphone and earpiece.
In February, Rae and Janet, poised behind their counter of scales, bar-code readers and stationery clearance items, even have time to chat a moment as they hand me my mail.
Matthew Hayden's leave was more a preparation to smite than a ducking of battle, polo mallet raised, biceps quivering, like a cartoon mouse poised behind the kitchen door ready to inflict some horrible skull-clanging act of violence.
Poised right behind all the "reports" and rumors and earnest hand-wringing over the King and his Royal Decision is a growing wave of dismay at the state of a sports universe captivated by a player who has won nothing in the N.B.A. outside of individual awards.
With a sheer black curtain for cover (what other color would you expect in this darkest of Shakespeare's four greatest tragedies?), the director, Bonnie J. Monte, has the lovely ladies poised provocatively behind, or, in the manner of a Greek chorus, in the wings -- silent, watching, waiting.
Norman was four behind and poised to make a move on what promised to be a gripping Sunday.
Goldman is poised to leave behind a long-running lawsuit over the 1999 initial public offering of eToys, an online toy retailer whose rise and fall became a symbol of the dotcom boom and bust.
"The funny thing in my life, it's kind of consistent with my life, is I end up doing things because I am drafted," Ms. Leid said with a hearty laugh the other day, poised and relaxed behind a desk cluttered high with papers and books on the 10th floor of a Wall Street high-rise.
