Claribel stood, her knife poised over the bread, her pretty face the picture of contrition.

Then she went very still, the knife still poised in her hand, while Freya edged up close to his other side, her eyes wide.

I paused, my knife poised to cut into a fillet of cornfed local beef, and asked, "Is that all she wrote?"

The knife poised, he muttered a low incantation, then stabbed fiercely.

Nicholas Jenks was stunned, the knife poised over his left shoulder.

Cadj hesitated, his knife poised on high.

Willie ghosted forward, a knife poised in his hand.

"I forgot to tell you," he said, fork and knife poised over a roast pepper.

I froze, the knife poised for the killing thrust.

Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance, teeth bared, knife poised over his head.