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outthrust

[out-thruhst, out-thruhst] / ˌaʊtˈθrʌst, ˈaʊtˌθrʌst /






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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

His shaggy, outthrust head, his dark burning eyes made those who saw him think of Lincoln.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He had the familiar thatch of thick brown hair, the outthrust jaw, the meat-chopping gestures, the flat Boston accent.

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

His gaze turned across the Gulf to a tongue of land outthrusting from the long purple reach of Vancouver Island.

From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney




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