stick out

Example Sentences

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Only his nose and his closed eyes were sticking out of the blanket, and he could feel the cold wind on those parts of him.

From Literature

Alfred Dee stood as straight as a fence post, and he wore the Sassafras Springs uniform: a rough blue shirt and worn overalls with a red bandanna sticking out of the back pocket.

From Literature

Unlike traditional handles that stick out on the door surface and can always be grasped by hand, the retractable handle sinks into the door and isn’t graspable in its default position.

From The Wall Street Journal

She would open her mouth and stick out her tongue, and come back to earth drenched and red-cheeked and victorious.

From Literature

A shovel handle sticks out of the baby carriage.

From Literature