He gulped air, fought to keep his body erect.

Holding his little body erect, he rushed up and tried to stretch his arms around the engineer.

Her face was pale and she held her small body stiffly erect.

Hansen swung his body erect at the far end of the bed.

Then she came over and knelt beside him where he lay, her body erect from her knees.

He moved forward again, his step slow and steady, his body erect, offering the beasts no fear.

He wants more than to walk about on canes, struggling against pain to hold his body erect.

He sat down next to her and the sofa dipped under his weight so that it was an effort to keep her body erect.

The man in black did neither; he simply quickstepped, wrenched his body erect, continued fighting.

Alton slumped, though the webbing did its best to hold his body erect.