be erect
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So yeah, that femme performance is so defining of how to hold yourself, to be erect because matriarchs are the oaks of families.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024
‘Take this water and sprinkle it on one of the fallen trees, and say to it: “So let all the trees of the forest stand upright,” and in a moment they will be erect again.’
From The Brown Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew
Thus the seed may be erect while the fruit itself is pendent, in the ordinary meaning of that term.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The rider’s body should be erect but pliable, neither obeying too much the action of the horse, nor yet resisting it.
From The Lady and Her Horse Being Hints Selected from Various Sources and Compiled into a System of Equitation by Jenkins, T. A.
In both cases, supposing the coralline to be erect, the capitulum is placed upwards, with its orifice towards the branch to which it is attached, and consequently with its carina outwards.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
