POSE in a Sentence

Learn POSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
85 example sentences for POSE, such as:
1. Allow me to pose several questions.
2. I s'pose I'll do as well as the rest.
3. They pose a serious threat to security.
4. His concern for the poor is only a pose.
5. Nuclear weapons pose a threat to everyone.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of POSE
pose
 n.  affected manners intended to impress others
 n.  a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
Classic Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1  Really, it took a lot of sense to cultivate and hold such a pose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  There was no one there so handsome, thought Scarlett, as she marked how graceful was his negligent pose and how the sun gleamed on his gold hair and mustache.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  The others raised their heads, caught by her listening pose, and they too listened.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
4  He watched her in silence but there was a tenseness about his pose, as he waited for her next words, that was lost on her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
5  She was smaller and thinner than Lily Bart, with a restless pliability of pose, as if she could have been crumpled up and run through a ring, like the sinuous draperies she affected.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
6  She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IV
7  I s'pose I'll do as well as the rest.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
8  Oh, that's all true, I s'pose," replied the other; "but I'm not going to skedaddle.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
9  "Oh, well, I s'pose we got licked," he remarked sadly.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
10  S'pose not; you Kentucky folks spile your niggers.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
11  I s'pose I can bar it as well as any on 'em, he added, while something like a sob and a sigh shook his broad, rough chest convulsively.'
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
12  "Your master, I s'pose, don't keep no dogs," said Haley, thoughtfully, as he prepared to mount.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
13  "I s'pose you've got good dogs," said Haley.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
14  Well," said Aunt Chloe, "s'pose dere will; but de Lord lets drefful things happen, sometimes.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  "S'pose you'd be selling him tol'able cheap," said the stranger, mounting the pile of boxes, and sitting down comfortably.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  Allow me to pose several questions.
2  Many women achievers appear to pose a threat to their male colleagues.
3  His concern for the poor is only a pose.
4  It is claimed that current levels of pesticide do not pose a threat to health.
5  Nuclear weapons pose a threat to everyone.
6  The calls for tax reform pose a severe test for the government.
7  The chemicals pose little risk to human health.
8  Pollutants in the river pose a real risk to the fish.
9  They pose a serious threat to security.
10  They didn't pose a significant risk to safety.
11  This could pose a threat to jobs in the coal industry.
12  The opposition party have been in such disorder for so long that they pose no real threat to the present government.
13  Some teenagers are just a nuisance, but at the other end of the scale there are kids who pose a real threat.
14  We don't know the woman who pose for Leonardo so often.
15  This hand pose is a sign of joy and satisfaction; it is done by extending the hands above the head with the fingertips of the hands touching.