Collocations for "poise"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "poise" in context.
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poise
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- she is full of poise
- she has a lot of poise
- the [performance, piece] was full of poise
- quickly recovered her poise
- showed a lot of poise (when)
- didn't keep her poise (when)
- kept his poise under pressure
- showed great poise in [giving, delivering, addressing]
- great poise during [a crisis, an adverse situation]
- the [dancer's, gymnast's, figure skater's] poise
- takes great poise not to [fall, trip, stumble]
- poised [motionless, calmly]
- poised their weapons
- the [lion, tiger, cat] poised itself to [spring, attack, pounce]