How to pronounce poised

Listen to poised in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“poised” in real sentences

393 clips in the index · 137 American · 36 British · 7 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. perpetually poised to penetrate it.

    TED-Ed · hear it here

  2. poised to reach this population.

    NIH · hear it here

  3. the members poised to intervene.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  4. than they seem poised to do.

    The Atlantic · hear it here

Why real speech

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