stand erect

Example Sentences

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Most stand erect, a few so bowed that their tops curl down to touch the ground.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Along major roads throughout the city, neon-colored flags hailing a new era of stability and prosperity stand erect as soldiers.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2020

Well-lived lives deserve to stand erect in the bright daylight of their own actions and not be diminished, pushed into the shadows by anyone else’s deeds.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2017

Van Hoeydonck wanted his aluminum figurine to stand erect, gazing up at the sky.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2013

If soldiers stopped you and questioned you, the best you could do was stand erect, take your cap off, and keep your head down.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren