Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semierect
Adjective
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The hard wax formula, combined with a properly sized wick, helps ensure a clean, drip-free burn (as long as the candle stays upright and vertical).—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
18 June 2025 -
His elite athletic testing at the combine — 37-inch vertical, elite shuttle run score — suggests there is more to be mined on that end.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Plants add stunning texture and shining color to the garden with metallic, lavender-blue bracts surrounding flowers that stand erect on purple stems.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
6 June 2025
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Carlin said, as soldiers need to guide their horses while keeping erect posture.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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His condemnation of authoritarianism electrified the audience, earning a standing ovation and setting a reflective tone that remained all week.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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Legislative leaders began the session by talking tough about reining in the industry, receiving standing ovations in the House and Senate.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Dragonflies hold their wings perpendicular to their bodies, while a damselfly’s wings point straight back, parallel to its body.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
8 June 2025
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The action moves from the scarred beach to a quarry where a rock wall is detonated, to liberate mighty boulders of granite that will eventually be placed perpendicular to the shoreline, reaching out into the ocean.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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The exterior lines, with that high plumb bow and endless glass, come from the drawing board of Britain’s Redman Whitely Dixon studio.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
11 June 2025
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In My Mother and Eye, 2025, a sweeping Public Art Fund project installed in bus shelters across New York City, Boston, and Chicago, eleven discrete photographic collages plumb this intangible meeting point.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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We’re wired to search far and wide for whatever will keep us upright.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Roots pull moisture and nutrients from the soil but also act as an anchor to keep the plants upright.—
Heather Zidack,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
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“Semierect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semierect. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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