Sentence examples for stood poised from inspiring English sources

By the end of the year, it stood poised on the eastern frontiers of prewar Germany.

On Thursday night, Sánchez stood poised to replace Rajoy as prime minister.

In 1945, New York City stood poised to become the new centre of modern art.

It is hard The rain falls like an army, deafening The doe that stood poised We come for rabbit.

A hundred and twenty men stood poised to lift and carry it down Havemeyer Street in Brooklyn.

Ms. Muz recited a wonderfully silly poem about being a diving board as Ms. Michelson stood poised on her back.

At river's edge, the deer stand poised.

Today, Crane stands poised to buy the Houston Astros, one of Major League Baseball's 30 franchises.

And yet Clov stands poised on the threshold, bags packed, watching in silence.

In a layby 20m away an Israeli army personnel carrier stands poised, its blue lights flashing.

His "scissors and crayon" stand poised: alongside his journalism, Lubbock was also a superb collage artist.