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
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 Charles Darwin
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 T. A. Jenkins
Stamens, as regards their direction, may be erect, turned inwards, outwards, or to one side.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
The body should be erect, the chest thrown out, the head and shoulders held back, and the stride long and elastic.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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