Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semierect
Adjective
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Provided the Niners don’t blow the doors off their Golden State rival, the Football Factory churns out the vertical yardage needed.—
Brad Evans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025 -
The Live hub in the main vertical navigation takes viewers to the latest live news, sports and events, as well as the 24/7 Streams on Disney+.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Many use social media to call for an end to the violence, then erect memorials at the site of the shooting.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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On the fateful day that inbound Soviet bombers filled the skies above America with godless communism, the horizontal Bomarc missiles would literally become erect, and fire vertically.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The theater gave him a standing ovation.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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The second clip showed Princess Kate getting a standing ovation at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship in London in July 2024 during only her second public appearance after starting chemotherapy for cancer that February.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The narrow, strong currents flow quickly and perpendicular to the coastline.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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With such aircraft, at slow speeds, the wing sticks out normally (perpendicular) to enable it to take off, land, and fly as normal.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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McKeon’s exterior has the same unpretentious elegance: a plumb bow and prowling lines that resemble a vessel in which the 2030s meets the 1930s, wrapped inside a technologically advanced frame.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 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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The rash may begin as small, flat, round discolorations that become raised and fluid-filled (clear or pus) before scabbing.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
The Arizona Republic,
29 July 2022
Adjective
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The support structure of the Trtl Neck Pillow, however, helps prevent this strain by keeping my head and neck upright during the flight.—
Lola Mendez,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Sit upright with your feet and back supported.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Health,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Semierect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semierect. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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