erectness

Example Sentences

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She was in her late thirties by then and her fascinated alertness had been blunted, her erectness slightly compromised.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019

She was dark-haired and dark-eyed, unrebelliously dressed, and was sitting with a Free German Youth erectness of posture, a textbook open in her lap.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015

The severe planes of her face, the military erectness of her posture, the snarl she puts in her voice, all give an irresistible insolence to China's first international star actress.

From Time Magazine Archive

McCormick, who still bears himself with parade-ground erectness, is as inelastic in ducal personal routines and crotchets as in his editing.

From Time Magazine Archive

At first Old Qian knelt on the washboard with defiant erectness.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang