- present participle of jut.
jutting
Example Sentences
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The ornate stone balconies of the decaying colonial townhouses jutting above your head are liable to collapse at any moment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
And then there are the rectangular prisms jutting out of the floor, standing 20 feet apart from the last, with LED screens blasting clips from the movie into viewers’ subconscious.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
Most of the displaced are now sardined in the city’s quaint Old Quarter, which lies on a promontory jutting out of Tyre’s northernmost tip and is excluded from the evacuation order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
A short ride brought me to South Pointe Park and to its pier jutting 450 feet into the aquamarine Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
I turned my head and saw him lying there, his eyes open and staring up, his palms under his head, his elbows jutting outward.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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