outthrust

Example Sentences

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On a recent afternoon, the actor Greg Tannahill sat perched atop a London rooftop, one leg extended, one arm outthrust.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

A few of Epstein's old shockers were in the Tate exhibit, e.g., his 1931 Genesis, showing a heavy-featured woman clutching her pregnant, outthrust belly.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time 'the audience's feet were tapping out the rhythms, the candidate himself rolled up in a big black car, grinning and waving, pumping outthrust hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

A doomed love blooms like a flower held in the outthrust hand of a tragic Charlie Chaplin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Catching sight of Pai striding toward him with jaw outthrust and stick lifted, Ranofer bent hastily to his work.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw