Sentences with pose
po·sé
P p - This could pose a threat to jobs in the coal industry. [VERB noun]
- When I finally posed the question, 'Why?' he merely shrugged. [VERB noun]
- SYNONYMY NOTE: pose1 refers to an attitude or manner that is assumed for the effect that it will have on others [her generosity is a mere pose]; affectation is used of a specific instance of artificial behavior intended to impress others [an affectation of speech]; a mannerism is a peculiarity as in behavior or speech (often originally an affectation) that has become habitual and unconscious [his mannerism of raising one eyebrow in surprise]; airs (see air (sense 8) is used of an affected pretense of superior manners and graces [she's always putting on airs]
- The team posed as drug dealers to trap the ringleaders. [VERB + as]
- Before going into their meeting the six foreign ministers posed for photographs. [VERB + for]
- He criticized them for dressing outrageously and posing pretentiously. [VERB]
- We have had several preliminary sittings in various poses.
- In many writers modesty is a pose, but in Ford it seems to have been genuine.
- To pose a question
- To pose as an officer