Sentence examples for erect her from inspiring English sources

Her response to being stuck in the boondocks, subject to invasive Stasi spot checks, is to erect her own wall of defensiveness, keeping her distance from colleagues like the chief physician, André (Ronald Zehrfeld), whose friendly interest may mask a sinister agenda.

In "Barbara," set in 1980, Mr. Petzold's regular star, Nina Hoss, plays a doctor who has been transferred from East Berlin to the provinces as punishment for having applied for an exit visa; her response to being stuck in the boondocks, subject to Stasi spot checks, is to erect her own wall of defensiveness, shutting down colleagues whose concern may have a sinister side.

Green drafted blueprints while Inouye began a grassroots campaign to erect her bizarro monument.

The mother was tall, her posture erect, her movements alert and brisk.

Posture erect, her gaze all-encompassing -- don't even try to bring in a dog -- she is clearly visible and in charge.

Her figure is still erect, her eyes bright behind the glazed barrier of her contact lenses, but Rigg the bohemian free spirit is gone for good.

In the meantime, Emily W. Leider has erected her own monument, a fluid, accomplished, deliciously readable biography of the individual who, she says, "helped deflower postwar America".

In this way, Leigh is probably like her sister Haley (the outstanding Aleque Reid), who doesn't visit during Leigh's time of need, and instead shares the stage by erecting her own bitter show in the proceedings.

Grace is struggling with the most primitive syllables of the English language as if they were pieces of a skyscraper she had to erect with her bare hands.

Her gravestone, erected by her daughter at Younger's Bend, features a carved bell and star.

A tent bearing her name was erected on her behalf, but she was never in it, busy as she was chatting with others and enjoying the cars, including one formerly owned by the screen and stage actress Marlene Dietrich.