stand out

Example Sentences

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And even if the resulting films weren’t total five-star knockouts, their big swings helped them stand out from the crowd.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

"I realised I was sending very generic CVs to recruiters and that was making it harder to stand out from other applicants," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Unlike bright planets, these objects are generally too faint to stand out with the naked eye.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

There were some average dates, plenty of nice-guy, zero-chemistry dates, but a few stand out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The third thing that made him stand out was that he was a bird on the bus.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness