Henry, about to lower a glass of old brandy to a table, stopped poised with it still in his hand.

He poised it in his hand a minute to get the middle, then turned on the living target.

She still held the knife poised in her hand.

He carried it on his left shoulder, a knife poised in his right hand.

A falling block had struck him so that he fell on to the marline-spike poised in his hand.

She came at Blade full tilt, a last spear poised in her hand.

A hammer poised in her hand, she looked around the room.

With the blade poised in his hand, the boy crept forward.

She gazed up at him speechlessly, a shell poised in her hand.

He stared out of the window for some time, poising the other letter in his hand.