stick out

Example Sentences

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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

At some point before the 2 June primary, "I assume somebody will stick out," Casey said.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 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

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

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth