(n.) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
(n.) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
(n.) Frame; make; temperament.
(n.) A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.
(n.) A combination; a union; a bond.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is never any chink in her composure – any hint of tension – and while I can't imagine what it must feel like to be so at ease with one's world, I don't think she is faking it.
(2) "Also, Although not noticeable in the league so far, in Europe you can really see they miss the steel and composure of Wanyama in the centre of the park and the opportunist nature of Gary Hooper up front."
(3) Their composure was shattered from the moment Alex McCarthy gifted the visitors an equaliser, all authority wrested away in the blink of an eye and Liverpool , suddenly focused where previously they had been limp and ineffective, the more persuasive threat in what time that remained.
(4) He's young, very quick, good composure, presence and an outstanding replacement for Van der Sar.
(5) There was a hiccup when Murray, perhaps while thinking of what to say afterwards, served consecutive double-faults at the start of the third set before regaining his composure and coasting to the line.
(6) At the time she was preternaturally calm, though she did find her composure sometimes slipped at the hospital.
(7) Stockmarkets have regained some composure after Tuesday's sell-off, but EU officials are angry that Papandreou's action has guaranteed weeks, if not months, of political uncertainty and market volatility.
(8) I just held my composure in those moments when the match was going his way, especially when he won the third set,” Djokovic said.
(9) The film's premise may lack credibility, but Mackie certainly doesn't: he's excellent at allowing his character's compassion to simmer beneath his professional composure.
(10) Struggling to maintain his composure, Ed, the 40-year-old former energy secretary, made a short, dignified acceptance speech in which he heaped praise on his brother and the other defeated candidates, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott .
(11) This time it was Cherundolo who goofed, kicking air as a long ball flew through to Djebbour, who again lacked composure and plopped a ridiculous shot into the sidenetting.
(12) Many relatives struggled to keep their composure, voices cracking, as they read out the name of their own loved-one.
(13) It's exactly the kind of composure the markets look for in a Fed chair.
(14) The local girl, who has home schooling so she can focus on training, showed composure worthy of a seasoned professional - and fighting spirit notoriously rare in British tennis - to produce some crucial winners and overcome the third seed, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand, eventually triumphing 6-3 3-6 6-1.
(15) Yet the ball rebounded to Reid, who he kept his composure to shoot home.
(16) Whittingdale defended the composure of the panel: “Each member of the independent advisory group brings individual skills, experience and expertise.
(17) Suddenly in the deepest waters of his career, Quillin showed impressive composure and conditioning to rally down the stretch.
(18) What they lacked, perhaps, was composure on the ball.
(19) Before Liverpool had properly recovered their composure, Jay Spearing gave the ball away to Antonio Valencia in a dangerous area, leaving the winger with the simple task of playing Rooney clear through the middle to strike a low shot under Pepe Reina.
(20) The suggestion of intimidation is the only time he even vaguely loses his composure.
Poise
Definition:
(v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
(v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
(v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
(v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
(n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
(n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
(n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
(n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
(n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.
(v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the advent of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), molecular biology is at last poised to enter the clinical microbiology laboratory.
(2) Greece standoff over €86bn bailout eases after Brussels deal Read more But while the bailout chiefs are poised to agree on a route map, the journey for the Greek people seems no less long and arduous.
(3) The fluidity of myelin subfractions and of pig brain cortical membranes was estimated; the microviscosity of heavy myelin (5.4 poises) and of cortical membranes (5.1 poises) was similar and less than that of medium (7.8 poises) and light (8.2 poises) myelin.
(4) Manchester United poised to trigger Pedro’s £22m Barcelona release clause Read more Van Gaal wants to strengthen in two areas of the team before the transfer deadline.
(5) Control PBL membranes at 37 degrees C exhibited a microviscosity (eta) equal to 1.89 poise (P).
(6) If that suggests that Norwegian and Australian voters are poised to reward these centre-left incumbents for their management, think again.
(7) Lieutenant General Abdel Wahab al-Saadi said his forces secured the largely agricultural southern neighbourhood of Naymiya, under cover of US-led coalition airstrikes, and are poised to enter the main city.
(8) Espírito Santo Financial markets regained some poise on Friday as fears abated about the potential spread of problems at one of Portugal's biggest banks.
(9) The Bank said in its quarterly inflation report last month that Brexit poised the most significant threat to the UK’s financial stability.
(10) Law is now poised to launch seperate legal proceedings against the paper.
(11) Alex Neil’s side belied their newly promoted status with a calm, poised assurance and incision, epitomised by Robbie Brady and the excellent Nathan Redmond.
(12) Congress was poised to lose power in Delhi and the major states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
(13) Libyan government forces are poised to attack rebels blockading key oil ports this weekend in an offensive that risks splitting the country apart.
(14) With Planned Parenthood poised to take center stage in the spending bill fight, women’s groups have warned that threatening to defund the organization is a “losing strategy” that will have repercussions come election day.
(15) Ellman told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “If Network Rail decide to close part of the system down at a busy time of year, they have to be absolutely sure it’s going to work as planned and it is going to reopen as planned.” But she declined to criticise Mark Carne, chief executive of Network Rail, who is poised to receive a bonus of up to £135,000 and who was on holiday during the engineering works.
(16) Using two methods of footprinting in vivo, we have determined that PUT3 protein is poised at the promoters of the genes encoding these enzymes and that proline-mediated induction modulates the activity of constitutively bound PUT3.
(17) Despite the marauding excellence of the captain, Philip Lahm, and the reflexes and calmed poise of the goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Germany's weakness is defence.
(18) With the advent of better theories on language and reading, and better methods for assessing the structure and function of living human brains and for determining genetic transmission, dyslexia is now poised to become a focal concern of cognitive neuroscience and genetic research.
(19) It could be that wearables are poised for a tsunami of success.
(20) Announcing that £38bn of troublesome loans would be ringfenced within the bank, the new chief executive Ross McEwan heralded a "resetting" of the often fraught relationship with the Treasury – owner of 81% of the shares – and the Bank of England, which regulates the bank and is poised to impose tougher rules on capital.