How to Use erection in a Sentence

erection

noun
  • However, those with big erections might want to think twice.
    — Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 2023-09-05
  • William had dreams of starting a steel erection business.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 2017-06-17
  • Even my 6 year old had erections very early and was like: What is this?
    — Anonymous As Told To Alexa Tsoulis-Reay, The Cut, 2018-03-07
  • Three of the women say Halperin pressed his erection against their bodies.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 2017-10-26
  • Take, for example, the pictures of men with full erections.
    — Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 2024-10-08
  • This can affect things like erections, orgasms, even muscle tone.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 2024-09-04
  • And impeded blood flow is bad for erections, so anything that improves blood flow is good.
    — Elizabeth Millard, Men's Health, 2023-06-30
  • While being abused, women can get wet, men can get erections, and many people even orgasm.
    — Vanessa Marin, Allure, 2018-10-11
  • Viagra works to improve blood flow to the genital area, which can help men get and keep erections.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 2018-06-14
  • Men who are disgusted or terrified can still have erections or orgasms.
    — Joanna Schroeder, Vox, 2018-08-23
  • At that age for men, the most embarrassing thing is unwanted erections, right?
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 2019-03-20
  • If your erection lasts more than four hours, call your doctor immediately.
    — Laura Bradley, HWD, 2017-08-15
  • These early folk vampires, when they were disinterred, sometimes had erections.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 2024-12-27
  • Fatty fish also contains L-arginine, an amino acid used to treat problems with erections.
    — Well + Good, Harper's BAZAAR, 2015-07-17
  • There's also the intriguing test that measures the overnight erections of three college athletes.
    — Daniel Gallan, CNN, 2019-12-18
  • An erection occurs when blood rushes into the minuscule vessels of the penis.
    — Josh Dean, Esquire, 2017-02-15
  • This surrounds components like the urethra and swells in order to allow erections. 2.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 2018-12-29
  • At the time of its erection, the statue seems to have cost about $5,000, but that included its granite plinth.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2017-09-17
  • LaMelo was born practically in concert with the walls’ erection.
    — Jake Fischer, SI.com, 2017-10-19
  • A lot of these guys are also on heavy-duty painkillers or antidepressants, which affect their ability to get an erection.
    — David Furst, National Geographic, 2016-06-19
  • All might be well in Barbara's world, but Gerald is experiencing curved erections and needs surgery.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 2023-03-17
  • One of the key components of this supplement is its best price generic Viagra that helps men achieve longer and harder erections.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2024-04-03
  • In the room, de Caunes alleges Weinstein went to the bathroom, then emerged naked with an erection and instructed her to lay down on the bed.
    — Lily Herman, Teen Vogue, 2017-10-16
  • There would be calls for great education drives and the erection of museums and monuments to the victims of Nazism and Fascism.
    — Douglas Murray, National Review, 2017-10-30
  • The transplant procedure requires reconnecting tiny blood vessels, nerves, muscles, and the urethra and making sure blood can flow for erections.
    — Michael Harthorne, Fox News, 2017-05-25
  • One major misconception is that erections can be like the TV show Cobra Kai—on demand and available at a moment’s notice.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2024-10-14
  • So, too, for a retreat from globalization: the erection of barriers to trade and the movement of people and ideas more likely than not will be one in which the U.S. almost surely will lose.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 2017-02-17
  • Of course, Johnson’s ambitions are far grander than a mild improvement in his erections: all his efforts are aimed at reattaining the organs equivalent to those of an 18-year-old.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2023-08-30
  • Next came construction of a wooden trestle down the center of the pit, followed by the erection of two gantry cranes that spanned the worksite and facilitated movement of heavy loads, particularly concrete.
    — Jennifer Ott, The Seattle Times, 2017-06-28
  • From female co-stars who give him the cold shoulder and fall asleep on-set, to Herculean struggles to maintain an erection for hours at a time while being denied lunch, Parry's portrayal of the porn star life is anything but glamorous.
    — Susannah Breslin, WIRED, 2005-05-18

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