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
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
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
In sitting the trunk should be erect and the hips should touch the back of the chair.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
