stick out
Example Sentences
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Even Knicks die-hards could be forgiven for not being able to stick out Game 4.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Trying to weave together an impossible number of threads means some moments stick out sloppily, like a character’s reveal of a magically healed wound we never knew they had.
From Los Angeles Times • May 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
Another couple of factors stick out, looping us back to those Mourinho comparisons.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
In the dead of winter, nothing is growing, but stakes with seed packets affixed to them stick out of the ground, labeling herbs and vegetables.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
