stick out

Example Sentences

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“The last one scared me,” Velasquez said as he watched left-fielder Moises Rodriguez stick out his glove running to catch it and start a victory celebration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

"It will stick out like a big sore thumb," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

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

Ironically, Redford nearly missed out on the part after one studio executive said: "He's just another Hollywood blond. Throw a stick out of a window in Malibu, you'll hit six like him."

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

I have never seen one of the Erudite stick out her tongue before.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth