She set into a fighting stance and waited for his next charge.

Jaw set, he went into a waiting stance, ready to hold his ground or leap forward to meet the first man to come against him.

And you don't try to turn it into an intellectual stance.

He went into a purely defensive stance and waited for the man to act.

Kirk felt his entire body tense into a fighting stance.

Two plays later, Short again dropped into a stance and set up as if he would rush the quarterback.

In the space between the table and mirror, Ivy dropped into a fighting stance.

That thinking could figure into their stance on Zito, but there's another matter as well.

It sent a wake-up call to her brain, and she moved into a fighting stance.

Thick in the shoulders, he quickly settled into his stance and swung.