be erect
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
