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How to use poise in a sentence

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For all the talk about his poise and command, he really is given to making some eye-rolling statements.
His charm, poise and self-confidence are, right from the start, extremely sinister.
His wit and poise set the tone for the afternoon event, which was seasoned with songs from Randall's performing friends.
There is a poise and tautness and silveriness to its glide that comes perhaps from the terseness of Japanese ritual music.
If it isn't the etiquette and poise classes, then it's the awful skirted uniforms they are forced to wear.
It is rare to see a violinist so young who has not only great poise, but also a wonderful sense of musicality.
To a certain extent the seat in the saddle was unfirm, and the strength and poise of the body showed signs of abatement.
Naturalistic and unforced, each character is played with sufficient poise, often understated and enigmatic by nature.
She came across the stage with a marvellous slouch, has poise, panache, posture, studied clothes and high beauty.
Little showed admirable poise trying to manage the unmanageable Red Sox bullpen.
Enthusiasm filled the place as students fired a volley of questions, which the seasoned star answered with poise and complete ease.
Although it did recover its poise for a time, it fell away towards the close as traders decided to square any outstanding positions.
For those who are keen to sample the performance, the car displays super straight-line stability and poise.
He parlays that vision and poise into making a good pass to the right receiver.
The poise and pathos of the music remains the same, but its as if it's passed into another language.
That aside, and bearing in mind that my vehicles were brand new, the cars' poise and agility are almost faultless.
The more we can restore innate natural poise the more we can enjoy physical harmony in activity, and in stillness.
The cast skilfully confronted the delicate issue of mental instability with poise and sensitivity.
It creates poise and grace of movement, thereby literally enabling people to walk the talk with a new ease.
Despite this, she was a ballet dancer who had the grace, poise, and elegance of an angel.
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Examples from Classical Literature
She stretched out her hand and it was taken with the greatest poise and courteousness.
Yet Mr. Mix beamed, with almost ecclesiastical poise, upon the holder of his demand note, and tried her with honey.
I find myself still wondering how any pretty woman ever kept her mental poise when queening it at those Western posts.
Presently, with a quick move, Mallow took the offensive, and tried to unsettle Dyck's poise and disorganize his battle-plan.
Even when the collection was taken up they maintained their loftiness of poise.
She had, in her high moments, believed herself an adventuress whose poise and plans nothing could unbalance.
Pee-wee demanded to know, as soon as he had regained his poise and dignity.
By 1912 Pan-Islamism had recovered its poise and was moving forward once more.
Their bodies are elastically supple, with free sway from the hips and a mercurial poise upon the ankle.
Its poise and equability began to grow trivial, its exalted familiarity to become mere vulgarity.
I was struck by her regal bearing, her poise, her coiffed hair, and her dazzling but tasteful jewelry.
The Professor's coltish Daughter regained her adolescent poise, which was considerable.
By the careless, graceful poise, I guessed it to be Rupert again.
The adjustment is to be accomplished entirely by the poise of the body.
I am quite sure it is the secret of the andalusian's poise and walk.
She noted his fearless poise, and she saw the gallant spirit in his eye.
Don't mistake coolness and poise for submissiveness and servility.
They had the support of the University of Calgary as well as the military and they were praised in the media for their poise.
She had chameleon hair, and her poise was that of a soubrette.
There was no mistaking the poise of the head, the squareness of the shoulders, the sharpness of the features.
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