erectness
Example Sentences
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She was in her late thirties by then and her fascinated alertness had been blunted, her erectness slightly compromised.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019
She was dark-haired and dark-eyed, unrebelliously dressed, and was sitting with a Free German Youth erectness of posture, a textbook open in her lap.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015
McCormick, who still bears himself with parade-ground erectness, is as inelastic in ducal personal routines and crotchets as in his editing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Stimson stature is slight but sturdy, carried with ramrod erectness.
From Time Magazine Archive
At first Old Qian knelt on the washboard with defiant erectness.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
