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 Alger, Horatio

In both cases, supposing the coralline to be erect, the capitulum is placed upwards, with its orifice towards the branch to which it is attached, and consequently with its carina outwards.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The rider’s body should be erect but pliable, neither obeying too much the action of the horse, nor yet resisting it.

From The Lady and Her Horse Being Hints Selected from Various Sources and Compiled into a System of Equitation by Jenkins, T. A.

The anthers may be taken separately in the fingers, or with forceps, and lightly brushed over the stigmas, which should be erect and open if they have reached the receptive stage.

From The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus by Crawford, Matthew