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
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
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
His posture will be erect and manly:— he will move from his ground but seldom, and not even then too precipitately; and his advances will be few and moderate.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
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