Example Sentences

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Witness Mr. Stalin seated more erectly and least comfortably in a nonupholstered swivel-type desk chair of rugged construction, a chair so typical of the ultimate in utilitarianism.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chauffeur stopped standing so erectly beside the limo.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

She walked very slowly and erectly toward the door.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“Yeah, I told him that,” Patrolman Mancuso said, sitting erectly in his chair and looking hopefully at the kitchen table covered with oilcloth.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

She drew aside the curtain and leaned her wrist on one of the crosspieces between panes, but, feeling grit, she removed it, rubbed it clean with her other hand, and stood up more erectly.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger