jut

Example Sentences

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People often collect water for cooking from roadside springs and drainage pipes jutting from the hillsides.

From The Wall Street Journal

When I tell a friend I’m writing about the Egyptian Lover, she starts dancing like a pharaoh, hands jutting in opposite directions.

From Los Angeles Times

The ferry had tilted backwards, its stern sinking into the sea bed while its bow jutted into the sky like a blade.

From Barron's

Jagged rocks jut from the ground next to the water.

From Literature

It was Alexander’s idea, and a clever one, too, for the fern fronds served nicely as the three tiers of oars that jutted from each side of the ship.

From Literature