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
