| 1. | His newborn cunning gave him poise and control. - from The Call of the Wild by Jack London |
| 2. | The Osseous has more natural poise than any other type. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 3. | Were equal poise of sin and charity. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | The poise of the head strikes me at once as indicative of thought and power. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 5. | So is the equal poise of this fell war. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | No room to poise the lance or bend the bo. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 7. | And poise the cause in justice' equal scales. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 8. | It shall be full of poise and difficult weight. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | The shock of the events of the last night had upset him temporarily, but his equable poise soon swung back to the normal. - from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie |
| 10. | O'Madden Burke, poised upon his umbrella in approval. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 11. | And poises high in air his iron hand. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 12. | Not to be poised but by Pelides' hand. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 13. | That he now poised that it now throbbed. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 14. | Erect with ardour, poised upon the rein. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 15. | Be said, and poised in air the javelin sent. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 16. | Till poised aloft, the resting beam suspend. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 17. | Of Greece and Troy, and poised the mighty weigh. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 18. | High on poised pinions, threats their callow young. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |