Example Sentences

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Contrary to Draculan film fantasies, the vampire does not fly but tiptoes to its midnight snack in a semierect position.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other apes hop and leap or go to all fours when on the ground, and are never more than semierect in natural pose.

From Time Magazine Archive