stick out

Example Sentences

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The head and raised arms of a doll stick out of the left side of the hoodie’s kangaroo pocket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 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

“I stick out like a sore thumb because I got my beautiful cowboy boots here in the Garden State,” he said, before turning serious.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

Another couple of factors stick out, looping us back to those Mourinho comparisons.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Then I had to open my mouth and stick out my tongue.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac