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Example sentences for: poised
How can you use “poised” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
In a Postal Service poised to meet competition, considerably more effort would be directed toward meeting published standards and toward measuring the service achieved.
As a mechanosensitive scaffold that controls a large set of regulatory proteins, the actin cytoskeleton is critically poised to modulate a variety of cellular processes, including protein synthesis, cell survival, migration and proliferation [ 14 31 32 ] . One function of the cytoskeleton in gene regulation appears to be the spatial organization of transcripts and possibly their translation within the intracellular environment.
With NATO poised for military action over Kosovo, Yugoslavia, the Russian press took a strongly anti-Western line on the issue.
Instead, I'd think, if I could only meet a woman of substance and put down roots, I'd be less anxious about earthly impermanence and be really poised to cultivate my creativity ...
Dipping back to impeachment, here's a classic exchange between the "poised" Monica and House Manager Edward Bryant: Bryant, attempting delicacy, alludes to "the first so-called salacious occasion."