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

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

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 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 Burroughs, Barkham