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outthrust

[out-thruhst, out-thruhst] / ˌaʊtˈθrʌst, ˈaʊtˌθrʌst /






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On a recent afternoon, the actor Greg Tannahill sat perched atop a London rooftop, one leg extended, one arm outthrust.

From New York Times Mar. 29, 2023

His shaggy, outthrust head, his dark burning eyes made those who saw him think of Lincoln.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time 'the audience's feet were tapping out the rhythms, the candidate himself rolled up in a big black car, grinning and waving, pumping outthrust hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, jaw outthrust, Brewster turned to the Senate's McClellan committee and began reading a 40-minute statement elaborating upon the virtues of himself and his teamsters.

From Time Magazine Archive

Catching sight of Pai striding toward him with jaw outthrust and stick lifted, Ranofer bent hastily to his work.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

His gaze turned across the Gulf to a tongue of land outthrusting from the long purple reach of Vancouver Island.

From Poor Man's Rock by Frank Tenney Johnson




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