Sentence examples for sat poised from inspiring English sources
The phrase "sat poised" is grammatically correct and is used in written English
It usually indicates that a person is in a very alert and attentive state, ready to take action if needed. For example: The eagle sat poised on the high branch, its sharp eyes scanning the landscape below.
A warm apricot pit cake sat poised next to a fat swirl of marscapone and coffee cream.
In one night spent with volunteers at the Huntington ambulance corps, eight volunteers sat poised to answer calls, and a dispatcher monitored the phones and radio.
As the case ended in Darwin, at least five writers sat poised, waiting to pen the final chapters in books on Falconio's death.
Cones from the countless Aleppo trees lay strewn across the forest floor where green lizards sat poised on rotting logs while the aromas of lemon, fennel and spearmint permeated the air sweetly.
On one crisp and clear evening, as the last rays of the sun painted the facade of the Hagia Sophia a glorious reddish-pink, thousands of Muslims sat poised at tables in the lengthening shadows and waited eagerly for last light to break their daylong fast with a prayer and a meal.
The finding opens a window on the ancestors of today's Native Americans as they sat poised to enter the New World.
RTX sits poised between dumb and clever, somehow managing both at the same time.
Men of prime working age, masters of the art of alternate-side parking, sit poised in parked cars, waiting.
Fast forward more than 20 years, and here I sit, poised on the side of a 20-foot-long research boat.
That's why you're sitting there with a hangover, whereas I sit poised on the brink of a prestigious correspondence degree in veterinary dentistry.
