Sentence examples for poised to assert from inspiring English sources

Woods teed off the back nine around midday Friday under a cloudless sky and seemed poised to assert himself as the player to beat.

In the showdown over Mr. Jawad, Judge Huvelle, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, seems poised to assert the courts' authority to release detainees who are not legally held, while the Obama administration has suggested it can continue detention when it claims it must.

In February, FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver asserted that the GOP was poised to take the Senate due to the likelihood that Republicans would pick up four seats.

Berman and other sports experts we talked to had different opinions on the greatest sports teams ever, but were unanimous in asserting that this year's Patriots were poised to reign supreme in football, had they beaten the Giants on Sunday.

Mr Davies asserts, with more sincerity than plausibility, that Labour is poised to spend £200,000 to win.

As I've been asserting lately, with the buildout of the "Knowosphere," we may be poised to surmount that barrier.

Some commanders even asserted that Iran was not only impervious to Western threats but poised to dominate economically, despite evidence that the accumulation of sanctions on Iran, which are set to intensify in a few weeks, could cripple its ability to sell oil, the country's economic lifeline.

Some asserted that not only was Iran impervious to Western threats but was also poised to prosper economically, despite evidence that the sanctions could cripple its ability to sell oil, its financial lifeline.

It seemed poised to improve.

Instead, Congress seems poised to do less.

Still, office development seems poised to rebound.