Johnson cursed at himself, but tried to maintain his poise.
Morgan made a heroic effort, but could not quite maintain his poise.
Hartmann maintained his poise and gave them a disapproving look.
Of all the positions in basketball, a point guard must maintain his poise.
Later, she could crawl into a hole, but for now she had to maintain her poise.
Today she has maintained her poise as the prosperous state capital, orderly industrial center and university seat.
The hard part, at least at first, had been maintaining his poise in the presence of so much luxury.
Finally, each team's key players must maintain their poise.
He was not surprised at the quick turnaround, saying: "We maintained our poise and began to play as a team.
Both of the sisters, for the first time, found it almost impossible to maintain their poise.