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
She had placed a pillow behind her, so that her back might be erect; but her neck was fixed as that of one in a cataleptic trance.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
The body should be erect, the chest thrown out, the head and shoulders held back, and the stride long and elastic.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
‘Take this water and sprinkle it on one of the fallen trees, and say to it: “So let all the trees of the forest stand upright,” and in a moment they will be erect again.’
From The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
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
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