Sentence examples for poised upon from inspiring English sources

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I would put it even more strongly and use a phrase that Deborah used in another connection, when she wrote of Clive being poised upon "a tiny platform... above the abyss".

The god's first shrine was built on the spot where priests found an eagle poised upon a rock and devouring a snake, an image so important to Mexican culture that it is portrayed on the national flag of Mexico.

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A number of these bivalent genes lose Polycomb binding and H3-K27 methylation upon differentiation, leading to the proposal that bivalency marks genes that are poised for activation upon ES cell differentiation [16], [20] [23].

Even when the bikes and cars seem poised to converge upon you, they won't.

As an African American cultural laureate and a woman holding a national office, she is poised to build upon the powerful legacy of Gwendowlyn Brooks and Rita Dove.

He is poised to expand upon his economic proposals in the coming weeks, aides said, as the contest rolls through Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and Arizona, all of which Mr. Obama is trying to win.

If nothing else, the fact that just over half of South Carolina voters said in exit polls that they made up their minds at the last minute shows just how fluid and restive the Republican electorate remains — a troubling sign for Mr. Romney that Mr. Gingrich is now poised to capitalize upon.

It's an opportunity that China is poised to seize upon, as UCLA Law School's Alex Wang noted: Climate change regulation is seen as an economic tool aimed at moving China's economy toward the low-carbon, high-tech, and clean energy industries of the future.

Now we're poised to expand upon these gains and, together, build a future that will make all Americans proud.

Last year, Hadid was poised to build upon her stunning London Aquatic Centre and do for stadiums what she's done in transforming the way we think of railway stations, museums, and libraries by starting work on Tokyo Olympic project.

This etiolated seedling pathway profile represented a heterotrophic tissue poised to differentiate upon an environmental cue.

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