be erect
Example Sentences
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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
It was made of iron, and so constructed that, however it might fall, one of its four sharp points should be erect.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
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 position of pupils while reading should be erect, easy, and graceful.
From New National Fourth Reader by Charles J. Barnes
The shoulders should be square, and the body should be erect upon the hips.
From Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp by Horatio Alger
