bolt upright in English
completely erect
Use "bolt upright" in a sentence
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1. 9 The nursery teacher made the children sit bolt upright.
2. 5 She had woken then, jerking bolt upright, her heart pounding against her ribs.
3. 13 Her mother was sitting bolt upright, scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball.