poke out
Example Sentences
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He accessorized with dark shades and zipped the jacket halfway so that his thin gold necklace could poke out.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024
Her advice: Use 12-inch wooden labels that will poke out from the contents, instead of the smaller ones, for an easy-to-read map of what’s where.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
The smaller streets, where grapevines poke out from old houses, do, too.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023
Thousands of large, spikey, cactus-like plants poke out of sun-baked earth, watched over by green-brown hills.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2022
Not like mine, which poke out at all the wrong angles in places.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
