Jessie stood up, and Stevie stopped with one foot poised in the air.

It's as if she were right at the brink of being able to channel, one foot poised to step over.

With one foot poised over the ground, she looked back over her shoulder.

Hugh the Hand was on his feet, poised, ready for trouble.

Lying on her side, feet poised to kick, she screamed, "Get out of my house!"

She balanced lightly on both feet, clearly poised to strike again.

In other variations, there is simply a pause between steps with the feet poised together.

He looked up, expecting to see Chaos's enormous foot poised above him.

But he was rigid with thought, one foot poised above the first step.

She already had one foot poised out of the carriage.