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."


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