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

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 Lower, Mark Antony

The position of pupils while reading should be erect, easy, and graceful.

From New National Fourth Reader by Barnes, Charles J.

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

They seem, themselves, to avoid the horizontal position as much as possible, when they are in a raving state: and when so confined that they cannot be erect, will keep themselves seated upon the breech.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John