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
The shoulders should be square, and the body should be erect upon the hips.
From Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp by Horatio Alger
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
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 body should be erect, but slightly inclined forward, in order that the eye may follow the pen closely.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs
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