Example sentences for: erection

How can you use “erection” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Consider the University of Florida's Independent Florida Aggravator (Alligator , the U. of F. mascot); Virginia Tech's Dependent (Independent) ; the University of Illinois' Daily Illiterate (Illini); North Carolina State U.'s Tackynician (Technician); University of North Carolina's Daily Tar Hole (Tar Heel); University of Maryland's Dime-a-Stack (Diamondback; in fact they're free); Southern Methodist University's Daily Compost (Daily Post); Rice University's Rice Thrasher (Rice Thresher); Ohio State University's Latrine (Lantern); Baylor University's Hilariat (Lariat); Michigan State University's Stale News (State News); San Jose State University's Spotted Doily (Spartan Daily); Southern Illinois U.'s Daily Erection (Egyptian); and Indiana U.'s Daily Stupid (Student) .

  • As many as 30 percent of 65-year-old men and probably over 50 percent of 75-year-olds are unable to "obtain and/or maintain a satisfactory erection for intercourse."

  • Coventre, the Couentrev of Domesday Book, may derive from a convent of the Saxon period [ Blue Guide to England, 1980]; It probably owes its origin to the erection in the 7th c of an Anglo-Sexon convent [ The New Shell Guide to England, 1981]; Established under the protection of a Saxon convent in the 7th century [ The New Shell Guide to Britain , 1985].

  • "If a man has a penis he can get an erection," says Irwin Goldstein, author of The Potent Male and a urologist at Boston University.

  • As Dr. Michael O'Leary, a Harvard urologist and expert on sexual dysfunction, told the Wall Street Journal , "I'm not convinced that it's a God-given right to have an excellent erection."


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