outthrust

Example Sentences

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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

First came a speech with clenched fists, outthrust jaw, harsh voice, sweating brow.

From Time Magazine Archive

He fought from a crouch�the "Jeffries crouch"�his bullet head and meaty body low, his left outthrust, his right cocked to mete out instant doom.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had posed for photographers, lower lip outthrust, round face fixed in a fighting expression.

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