She still held the knife poised in her hand.

He carried it on his left shoulder, a knife poised in his right hand.

The fat man eased himself to a sitting position, trying not to look at the knife poised above his throat.

As she held the knife poised over the cake, her eyes were on the door.

She picked up her knife, poised the blade between finger and thumb.

It's very ominous, all of these knives poised over his head.

We lay together on the stone of sacrifice with the knife poised above us.

He had knife and fork poised, ready to dig in.

The dark man was over her, the knife poised to strike.

Then we see that he has a knife poised to stab her in the stomach.