Special attention, therefore, should be given to erectness of form, and to such exercises as tend to preserve the natural shape of the body.
A necessary aid to erectness of position in standing and walking is a properly fitting shoe.
The splendid carriage of students from military schools shows what may be accomplished in securing erectness of form where proper attention is given to this matter.
But if Erectness be popularly taken, and as it is largely opposed unto proneness, or the posture of animals looking downwards, carrying their venters or opposite part to the Spine, directly towards the Earth, it may admit of question.
The tail differs much in erectness and size, being small in Malays and very small in Cochins.
That erectnessis recessive is proved by various matings of extracted erect × erect crest.
Thanks to my ruddy coloring and a natural erectness of bearing, I followed the others to the door with a fair show of confidence, notwithstanding that I had to endure the contrast of so polished a gentleman as Mr. Burr.
Her eyes were nearer on a level with my own than those of any other young lady I had ever faced, and the erectness of her carriage, so different from the drooping French pose, added to the effect of proud height.
It was the figure of a very young man clad in the tunic of a graduating West Point cadet and it was a figure that bore itself with the prideful erectness of one who regards his right to wear his uniform as a privilege of knighthood.
She wore a dress whose simplicity accentuated the slender erectness of her young body and the litheness of her carriage.
Keith glanced aside with swift approval at the erectness with which she sat, the loosened rein in her hand, the slight swaying of her form.
This action is very helpful for the development of erectness of the body.
The primary aim of all true exercise for the improvement of health and the prolonging of life must affect the erectness of the human body and the counterpoise curves of the spine.
This expansion frees the respiratory muscles and all the vital organs, gives man command of the elemental action of his body as a whole; that is, his erectness expresses higher emotions and experiences.
He noticed the pride of her handsome body, its erectness and its poise--how it seemed to glide across the grass without sound or motion.
The habit of carrying burdens on the head gives them erectness of figure, even where physically disabled.
They gained erectness by slow jolts, as if their joints were of iron that had rusted.
He imitated the erectness and alertness of these young soldiers whom he saw, learned the jerk of the elbow in their smart salute.
Smithson cleared his throat doubtfully, and in his stress of feeling he even relaxed a trifle that majestical erectness of carriage that had made him so valuable as a floor-walker.
He wore a fashionable wig, and his clothes fitted well a figure that, once shambling and loose-jointed, had now all theerectness of the soldier, but the face was unchanged.
But the most marked alteration was in his speech and bearing, for all trace of the awkward had disappeared from both; he spoke with facility and authority, and he sat his horse with soldierly erectness and ease.
Sitting in the saddle with characteristic erectness he loped down a hill and glanced at the faint trail that led into the hills to the west.
He removed his sombrero with an exaggerated sweep of his hand and hastened to meet her, walking with the conscious erectness of a man whose feet are the last part of him to succumb.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "erectness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
