Sentence examples for usually poised from inspiring English sources

Her concentration began rapidly slipping and within no time the usually poised actress had transformed into a dithering mess.

Manuel is usually poised in defeat and unlikely to ever have an outburst the way the more emotional Valentine did.

Melvyn Bragg had just finished reading aloud from Ted Hughes's previously unpublished poem about his first wife Sylvia Plath's suicide, when it became clear to millions of listeners that the heartbreaking last line of the poem, "your wife is dead", had overwhelmed Bragg's usually poised demeanour.

The usually poised and reserved former servicewoman broke down on her back porch.

Usually poised and put together, pocket square coordinating with her outfit, yesterday she was fidgety.

That enterprise is usually undervalued or poised for growth.

She may not come across as polished, but she usually seems remarkably poised.

I've known him for a long time; usually Leonid is ironical, funny, poised.

Both authors specialize in apparently civilized settings where long-buried discord is always poised to erupt, usually with lethal consequences.

But usually, Chris is waiting in another room, poised on his mark, ready to give some helpful advice.

I was usually in the kitchen, preparing lunch or dinner, poised over the butcher block with her favorite chef's knife in my hand and her old yellow apron slung around my neck.