erect

Example Sentences

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An AFP reporter in Cucuta saw a stage that was erected for the event being dismantled.

From Barron's

When you've been through the wringer with this team you learn to erect protective walls guarding against excessive bouts of optimism, but there was something different about all of this.

From BBC

Her tail was fully erect, a white flash as she tried to reach out and get speed, but the ice was too thin.

From Literature

In 2017, as I reported, Southern Co. pulled the plug on the flagship plant of this effort, a coal gasification factory it had erected in eastern Mississippi.

From Los Angeles Times

When it had originally been erected, some people had even compared it to the Great Wall of China, although that was pushing it a bit.

From Literature