Example Sentences

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"But the butterfly, seeking a safe resting place, flutters with unpoised flight, past the false poppy which flaunts its gay colours on the sight."

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

Hope persuaded him that Margaret was only a girl, still sentimental and unpoised.

From The Day of the Beast by Grey, Zane

The privilege and responsibility of being the lode star of an unresisting, unpoised life is tremendous, for this influence overpowers all others at the time.

From The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training by Lamoreaux, Antoinette Abernethy

She had fancied she could make Mary cry and beg for silence, be afraid and unpoised.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

Had care, watching, and suspense unpoised her reason?

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans