Sentence examples for were poised on from inspiring English sources

Sharpshooters were poised on buildings and at the air traffic control tower at the airport.

What seemed clear was that demotions to the minor leagues remained a real possibility, that both players were poised on the edge.

In the pause before he went on, as he peered over the glasses that were poised on the end of his nose, the actor's blue eyes twinkled a little in self-acknowledgment.

"The government calls us criminals, but we are not," he said, standing on a narrow street near his fellow fighters who were poised on the corner with guns and a grenade launcher.

But Fleetwood were poised on the ball at first and stretched the game with strong support from their full-backs, Conor McLaughlin, set for Euro 2016 with Northern Ireland, and Amari'i Bell, and driven relentlessly in midfield by Eggert Jonsson and Antoni Sarcevic.

SAN FRANCISCO — California's Democrats were poised on Friday to gain a two-thirds supermajority in the State Legislature, an achievement that would give them the power to raise taxes unilaterally and could potentially ease the gridlock in a state known for its fiscal chaos.

The news comes as one important atmospheric measuring station at Cape Grim in Australia is poised on the verge of 400ppm for the first time.

Goncharenko himself is poised on the brink of history.

The fight there is poised on a knife edge.

Historically, MacLeod's people are poised on a cusp.

Russia was poised on the brink of recession even ahead of the events in Crimea.