stick out
Example Sentences
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Open—and the seemingly ever-growing parade of brand activations alongside it—resurfaces the perennial question: How do brands stick out in a major cultural moment already overrun with marketing?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
On a nuts and bolts level, it’s all screwed together tight, even the pieces that stick out at weird angles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Those that have been left behind stick out like sore hitchhiker’s thumbs, which helps explain recent activist interest.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Most top directors can’t act to save their lives, which is why they tend to appear as themselves and stick out like splinters.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
He was wearing faded jeans and a thin orange hoodie that made him stick out like that one dead bulb in a string of lit Christmas lights.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
