He held his arm high over his head, poised to throw.

He raised the knife over his head, poised it, and screamed aloud.

Slowly, deliberately, he raised the bamboo over his head, poised.

A moment later he stood with the heavy head poised in front of the door.

She inspected the result with her head poised on one side.

The branch was already raised above his head, poised to strike.

The sailor's weapon rose above her head, poised to chop her in half.

The snaked stopped, to coil and wait with its head poised to strike.

She moved toward me a bit, head poised at an angle on the slender neck.

Blood shook his head, and the contingent agony halted, poised at the edge of possibility.