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sticking out

ADJECTIVE
  1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
    the jutting limb of a tree
    his protruding ribs
    massive projected buttresses
    a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck

How To Use sticking out In A Sentence

  • I also have a goldenrod-colored scarf (you know, one of those pashmina-y things) that goes nicely with this, and about two weeks ago I was in "the city" (which seems to be what you call San Francisco, if you live near it) wearing this dress, that scarf, and an old denim Levi's jacket I swiped from my Dad in roughly 1987 (with bright pink leather gloves sticking out of the breast pocket) and a tourist actually STOPPED ME ON THE STREET and asked to take my picture. The Return (With Butterflies) - A Dress A Day
  • There was two or three chairs, that might have been worth, in their best days, from eightpence to a shilling a – piece; a small deal table, an old corner cupboard with nothing in it, and one of those bedsteads which turn up half way, and leave the bottom legs sticking out for you to knock your head against, or hang your hat upon; no bed, no bedding. Sketches by Boz
  • He winked at her and led her to a metal post sticking out of the ground.
  • He approaches us, carrying a detonator box with a T-shaped handle sticking out of the top. LOVE YOU MADLY
  • And as Maigret scowlingly pointed to the newspaper sticking out of his pocket, he smiled. Maigret Afraid
  • But she admitted there are certain things she wore back then that she would not wear now, such as navel breakers or deep-cut tops with her boobs sticking out.
  • They noticed that the Elephant was limping, and then they saw the long blackwood splinter sticking out of his swollen foot.
  • No 3 on the list is the Viking burial boat discovered sticking out of a sand dune on the island of Sanday in 1991.
  • Yes, a screwdriver sticking out of your neck is always something of a wrinkle. 2009 September « One-Minute Book Reviews
  • First car was a '64 Austin Healy Sprite, deer head and legs sticking out the trunk was quite a site. didn't get too far back into the woods but back then I had no problem doing that on foot Why Minivans Make Great Hunting Vehicles
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