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stuck out

VERB

bulge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

poke protrude stand out

WEAK

beetle come through extend extrude jut obtrude outthrust overhang pouch pout project protend push show

Antonyms

WEAK

depress

Example Sentences

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At one point he stuck out his hand to pretend he held the distant band shell in his cupped palm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Olmo jinked inside the box and a panicked Malick Thiaw stuck out a leg, leaving referee Guida with no other choice as he pointed to the spot.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The tell was Henry’s nose, which stuck out the most on coin faces and lost its silver first, earning the king the nickname Old Coppernose.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

“My Years with General Motors” by Alfred P. Sloan has a range of important lessons for the corporate world but one chapter stuck out in particular, “The Copper-Cooled Engine.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

He crossed his eyes, looking down his face, at where his dragony snout no longer stuck out.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack