Later, she pauses, fork poised above her cheesecake.

No matter that I have a fork poised in midair, not a pencil.

"Don't be insulting," she replied, with the fork poised in midair.

Kincaid looks off to the side, her fork poised in the air, the other hand in her lap.

Peter stared at the admiral, fork poised on the way to his mouth.

The question was directed to Carl, who had his fork poised in front of his mouth.

He sat with his fork poised over the meatloaf, leaning slightly forward.

She picked at her food or sat motionless for long moments, fork poised over her food.

He had a tendency to stab at his food with his knife, the fork poised useless in the other hand.

Pendergast had his fork poised above his plate, looking with some concern at his food.