Sentence examples for were all poised from inspiring English sources

The nubile students' youth, innocence, and gentle appetite to know and be known struck me as amazing and monstrous, given that we were all poised above the chasm — suddenly quite vivid to me — of our eventual deaths.

"Every one of us in the band, our crew, our managers old and new, our record company and our fans, were all poised to either sink or swim in the progressive rock tidal wave that was about to engulf us, and for which we were partly responsible because of Tommy.

Granted, they were all poised to be under the same roof, at the same time, for once.

Plot-wise, it's all poised.

At the start of set two, we're all poised for the comeback.

G.M., Ford and Fiat Chrysler are all poised to negotiate new labor contracts next year.

And Bath Spa University College, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Canterbury Christ Church University College, University College Northampton and University College Worcester already have awarding powers for taught degrees and are all poised to apply.

The punchily revived Poles, along with Czechs, Hungarians, Estonians and Slovenes, are all poised to join the club.

EGYPT, Jordan and Bahrain (see article), three of the West's closest Arab allies, are all poised to hold general elections.

Rocket planes, orbital taxis and commercial space stations are all poised, like the jets before them, to open our vistas as never before.

Page 1 Arts & Leisure FOUR BANDS FROM 1962 SHARE MORE THAN LONGEVITY The Rolling Stones, the Chieftains, the Beach Boys and El Gran Combo are all poised to turn 50 years old this year.