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Meanings of poise in inglês

português
altivez
catalão
aplom

Great coolness and composure under strain.

altivez
português
balançar-se
catalão
equilibrar-se
espanhol
balancear

Hold or carry in equilibrium.

balançar-se
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Examples for "cool"
Examples for "cool"
1
North-West Province: Fine and cool Free State: Fine and cold to cool.
The South African
2
Free State: Fine and cool but cold in places in the south.
The South African
3
Free State: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise fine and cool.
The South African
4
That venting will continue for several days as reactors cool, experts said.
Reuters
5
Drain once cool; don't keep in the iced water longer than necessary.
The Guardian
1
Torre handled the notoriously brutal New York media with aplomb and honesty.
The Yankee Years
2
He produced a great pass to Welbeck and he's finished with aplomb.
Reuters
3
All the aplomb won through years of suffering and experience deserted him.
The Enchanted Canyon
4
Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin deliver some fine one-liners with throwaway aplomb.
The Irish Times
5
What Solskjær has done with aplomb is keep relations with Pogba cordial.
The Guardian
1
A measure of assuredness had returned to their delivery long before the end.
The Guardian
2
But the sense of peace, of blessed assuredness, remained with her.
The Hermit of Far End
3
He must not mind my self-assuredness, because he smiles a little.
Four: The Son
4
He hated that spirit of absolute assuredness so inseparably bound up with the reformers.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
5
There is an assuredness about him, a directness and conviction.
The Guardian
1
Marsham in vain endeavored to regain sang-froid and composure under these attacks.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
2
At first, the 42 year-old disabled Irishman's sang-froid even fooled his mother.
The Irish Times
3
Christobal, startled out of his wonted sang-froid, whispered in his turn:
The Captain of the Kansas
4
The coast guardsman, with provoked sang-froid and indifference, began to sing:
We Two: A Novel
5
She had a quiet aplomb, which would be called 'sang-froid' in a man.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.

Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult.

Usage of poise in inglês
1
I also look up to her for her poise and natural confidence.
Ebony
2
Montgomery had regained enough poise to continue: So we opened the door.
Storm Front
3
You just had to have considerable poise to carry off the effect.
The Naked God
4
The General said he wasn't surprised by the poise of the residents.
The new yorker
5
My sisters performed their ceremonial roles with a great deal more poise.
True compass: a memoir
6
She had a quality of poise and self-containment which I've rarely seen.
The Guardian
7
She was superb in her poise as she amused herself in hiding.
The Harvester
8
There was something fine and powerful in the poise of his head.
Wayside Courtships
9
The post-match analysis will discuss zingers, poise, confidence, and who looked presidential.
Radio NZ
10
I strode right up to her, radiating poise and confidence and arrogance.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
11
She's held her composure at all times with poise, class and humility.
Ebony
12
Yet the man had the air and the poise of a gentleman.
The Titan
13
There was a quiet alertness in his poise, a danger-signal in itself.
Death at the Excelsior, and Other Stories
14
The Lions seemed poise to stretch their lead early in the fourth.
Reuters
15
As in his earlier volume, Bavouzet's approach is one of classical poise.
The Irish Times
16
To attain this perfect poise, we must search deep within our hearts.
Lid Off the Cauldron
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