sticking out

Example Sentences

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I often stood crooked or perched on things to avoid sticking out.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"A little cluster of stomach stones, with two leg bones sticking out indicates that the animal was not fully pulled apart before it has hit the fossil record," Clarke said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Months later, a US Secret Service agent spotted a rifle sticking out of bushes at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Woltemade obliged, sticking out a boot to poke home from close range before a lengthy VAR check confirmed the German was just onside.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

And he could plainly see there was no key sticking out of my back.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck