- a column still vertical amid the ruins.
-  a vertical camera angle.
-  an erect stature.
-  erect flower stalks.
-  for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression.
-  he sat bolt upright.
-  measure the perpendicular height.
-  the ball sailed between the uprights.
-  the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.
-  vertical social mobility.