poised
ಪೋಯ್ಸ್ಡ್
definition
verb
he poised motionless on his toes
be or cause to be balanced or suspended.
adjective
Keira was always in control, always composed, poised and confident.
having a composed and self-assured manner.
example
I was astonished, when reading his memoirs, to learn that such a polished and 'poised' fellow had never lost the sense that he was awkward and clumsy.
I walked up 'poised' and proud with tears shimmering in my eyes.
He is also a 'poised' senior who makes 84.2 percent of his free throws.
She couldn't help but wonder that if he was that attractive and 'poised' just walking around, then what could he be like in bed?
The result is a 'poised' and thoughtful study in grief that navigates a narrative cautiously balanced between life and death.
Britain's first mainstream female football presenter is cool, 'poised' and confident.
Eleanor walked into the ballroom with the grace of a dancer, 'poised' and elegant.
By this stage the adrenaline had started pumping around my body, I felt I was ready for anything; alert and 'poised' .
The elegantly dressed, 'poised' woman looked a bit odd wearing a red and white Santa hat, but it really was cute.
It was the kind of thing that made one think back to a time of elegant ladies and 'poised' gentlemen.
Her aura of 'poised' confidence was gone, leaving behind a tired air.
The 'poised' , confident young woman was tossed into a world of checkpoints, strip searches and interrogations.
A tall, good-looking young man, 'poised' and self-assured, Bassam is a Christian.
He was faced with a gorgeous man in his forties with silky, boy-cut brown hair, a 'poised' stance, and a charming smile.
And for the first time today this remarkably 'poised' young woman breaks out into a blush.
She finally paints Adele, a subject she believes to be as 'poised' and beautiful as the Madonna, but crumples up the sketch and throws it away.
The end result: you look leaner, taller, more 'poised' and confident.
Instead of his head falling away and legs imitating those of a drunk, he was 'poised' and resolute, pulverising anything that came within his shot-radar.
Balke's careful, walking on eggshells piano etches graceful, 'poised' lines or occasionally, prepared piano abstractions.
The 'poised' and fashionable Fitzwilliam openly admitted to failing courses in second year law and of her determination to pass.
Couched in 'poised' and lucid prose, The Namesake is a an exquisite tale, full of fine and fragile humour.
He's a 'poised' lad, very much in control of what he says and, ultimately, what we are allowed to know about him.
He could not imagine this calm, 'poised' woman before him using language like that, but the young girl within her?
Here also she gets her lines right, she is still 'poised' and graceful, she is still fetching on the dance floor, but she has precious little to do.
Jake's 'poised' and assertive manner was diminishing before my very eyes.
In the picture, she looks entirely 'poised' and comfortable.
It is a beautifully 'poised' and lean wine, as befits its musical signature of the shrill hunting horn.
A 'poised' and graceful swimmer, she never seemed to tire in the water.
De Havilland's 'poised' , elegant Miriam is the perfect foil for haggard, wild-eyed Charlotte.
She was as 'poised' and elegant as her breeding required, Grace thought, and certainly she dressed as befitted her status.
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