stick out

Example Sentences

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Owen looked and saw two silvery white tubes with bright red tufts on the end sticking out of Nanuq’s side.

From Literature

But they did stick out a little here.

From Literature

I saw the bottom of Joanne Turner’s list, sticking out of her notebook: “Cheerful, good sport, graceful, fair to everybody.”

From Literature

The Haaland decision sticks out partly because the Premier League has the lowest VAR intervention rate in European football.

From BBC

One local geologist wore a black bed sheet with orange and red foam noodles sticking out of her head — yes, she was costumed as a volcano.

From Los Angeles Times