She sat with the pen poised over the pad.

The idea is to get you into the store, checkbook open and pen poised, ready to stock up.

But then, still holding his pen poised, he said, "Let's have your name anyhow.

Her mother was sitting at her writing desk, pen poised.

He had his notebook open, his pen poised, and nothing written down.

He looked at Syme, who was waiting with pen poised to take down his words.

With his pen poised in his hand, Merlin read the first paper.

He sat behind a vast desk before the window, a pen poised above a pile of paper.

He paused with his pen poised over the paper.

In her right was a ballpoint pen, poised over a paper napkin.