How to Use erect in a Sentence

erect

1 of 2 adjective

• She sat erect, listening for her name.
• With its front two paws in the air, back erect, the creature looks from side to side across a crowd of zoo visitors.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
• Someday, a human-sized version might even be able erect habitats in space.
  — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2018
• Fact One: Bruce Wayne is a self-indulgent finance bro who cosplays as a bat with erect nipples.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 6 June 2017
• Their makeup includes abstract graphics painted above and below their eyes, and two of their pink braids stand erect on top of their head, molded into the shape of a heart.
  — Cassidy George, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2023
• Several of these little women are erect, and others are recumbent; one stands on her head while a few look like they’ve been captured in mid-leap.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
• This hybrid of two European/Asian species grows to be an almost architectural plant to about 5-feet tall with narrow, erect shape.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2018
• The 5-7 Stanhope runs with erect posture and striking fluidity.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2018
• One is correctly seated at the table when the figure is erect but not rigid, not self-consciously tense; feet firmly on the floor; elbows off the table; left hand in the lap when it is not engaged.
  — Dan Danbom, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2019
• These experimental trees — only about 2,000 exist so far — grow erect, spineless and fast, while still being able to survive and thrive the in harsh, semi-arid climate of South Texas.
  — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• Volunteers prepare the boots by carefully tying each lace and placing an empty water bottle inside each boot to keep it erect.
  — Fox News, 5 Aug. 2021
• The formidable hurdles that Latin American countries erect for purchasing guns legally are unheard of in the United States.
  — Paul Hirschfield, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2022
• Identifying the culprit Poison ivy can grow as a self-supporting erect woody shrub, but its usual growth habit is as a slender vine running along the ground or growing on trees, shrubs and even rock walls and other landscape features.
  — Mike Hogan, The Enquirer, 28 May 2023
• Now, many more state, local and private entities, each with their own policies and processes, regularly erect markers.
  — John Garrison Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• The artists are, like O’Flaherty’s, known for irreverence and have created a fountain out of erect penises, exhibited something that looks like a fouled toilet, and made an exhibition out of mining giant blocks of Styrofoam.
  — Curbed, 17 Feb. 2023
• This one is dual-density, with a soft silicone exterior and firmer core, simulating the actual feeling of an erect phallus.
  — WIRED, 27 July 2023
• The research showed that men dissatisfied with their penises respond well to educational counseling about the average size, which is 3.6 inches long when flaccid, and 5.2 inches erect.
  — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 26 June 2023
• Botanically speaking, roses are erect, climbing or trailing shrubs.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• While the posture of some sauropod species might have featured a neck held erect in swanlike fashion, Moore said that biomechanical studies suggested the Mamenchisaurid neck was elevated at an angle of about 20 to 30 degrees above the horizontal.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
• Asian elephants typically show distress with erect tails and flared ears; vocalizations such as trumpeting, rumbling, or roaring; and sudden defecation and urination.
  — National Geographic, 7 Nov. 2016
• She sat erect, listening for her name.
• With its front two paws in the air, back erect, the creature looks from side to side across a crowd of zoo visitors.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
• Someday, a human-sized version might even be able erect habitats in space.
  — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2018
• Fact One: Bruce Wayne is a self-indulgent finance bro who cosplays as a bat with erect nipples.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 6 June 2017
• Their makeup includes abstract graphics painted above and below their eyes, and two of their pink braids stand erect on top of their head, molded into the shape of a heart.
  — Cassidy George, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2023
• Several of these little women are erect, and others are recumbent; one stands on her head while a few look like they’ve been captured in mid-leap.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
• This hybrid of two European/Asian species grows to be an almost architectural plant to about 5-feet tall with narrow, erect shape.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2018
• The 5-7 Stanhope runs with erect posture and striking fluidity.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2018
• One is correctly seated at the table when the figure is erect but not rigid, not self-consciously tense; feet firmly on the floor; elbows off the table; left hand in the lap when it is not engaged.
  — Dan Danbom, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2019
• These experimental trees — only about 2,000 exist so far — grow erect, spineless and fast, while still being able to survive and thrive the in harsh, semi-arid climate of South Texas.
  — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2019

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erect

2 of 2 verb

• They erected a marker over the grave.
• The city erected a statue in his honor.
• Others erected makeshift tents or simply lay at the edge of the street.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Jan. 2024
• The 110-year-old white adobe and stucco house of worship is the heart of Guadalupe and was erected by the Pascua Yaquis.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
• But by the time the rubber plant was erected, the worst of the pandemic and glove shortages had passed.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• In the nave of the Roman parish church of San Lorenzo in Lucina, a plaque was erected in 2010.
  — Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2023
• This sign and mural were erected in honor of that pledge.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• The new Kids Space is built on the site of the original that volunteers erected 28 years ago.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• Many of these people are now sleeping in tents hastily erected on the rocky ground.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• No doubt, before long the Twins will have a bronze statue of Mauer erected at Target Field.
  — Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
• An electrified fence was erected around the reserve boundary to keep the wildlife in and poachers and hunters out.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• By evening, the police and soldiers had erected spotlights and were digging by hand in Hroza.
  — Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• The goal is to set a new standard of openness from your end and to get in the practice of erecting boundaries with them moving forward.
  — Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
• Ages ago, their Greek owners even erected tombs in their honor.
  — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
• The current building was erected in 1873 with stones from the original building used in the building’s base.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Much of the molten rock was diverted by a defensive wall that had been erected in the wake of the December eruption.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
• And the Gorn have erected a device that prevents the Enterprise from beaming anyone off of the surface.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• Many were erected during Stalin’s purges, in 1937, to mark the hundredth anniversary of Pushkin’s death.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• The gallows erected in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 remains an enduring mystery of that day.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
• To prevent balls from flying into the water, a temporary three-sided net wall is erected around the edge of the court.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
• Lawmakers and regulators have spent years erecting laws and rules meant to limit the power and size of the largest U.S. banks.
  — Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• The school has erected a plaque and an exhibit chronicling the 1960s seizure of the community.
  — Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2023
• An inch-thick bulletproof sign was erected at the site in October 2019.
  — Aaron Morrison, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
• The town in Los Alamos was erected to stealthily develop and test the Manhattan Project, a.k.a.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 10 Aug. 2023
• Many of the quake survivors will cast votes in containers turned into makeshift polling stations erected on school yards.
  — Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
• Many of those new houses were erected on marginal land.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• Another castle on the site was erected in 1066 by William the Conqueror, who captured the city after the Battle of Hastings.
  — Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• One night in April 1936, the bridge connecting Rawsonville’s two counties collapsed, the steel bridge erected in its place is still in use today.
  — Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
• My sister erected a makeshift nesting box by turning a large pot on its side and padding it with wood shavings.
  — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• But for now, governments have pushed forward to erect barriers against this.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2023

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