outthrust
Example Sentences
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They stood at attention with one arm outthrust in the Jackboot salute, as if reaching for something no one else could see.
From Literature
The spot where all this happened was perhaps a hundred yards below that dead tree upon whose outthrust naked branch the splendid merganser drake was making his meal.
From Project Gutenberg
He was carefully investigating a lamp-post for a trace of moss when a beady-eyed urchin approached him with outthrust hand.
From Project Gutenberg
"That settles it," he mused, with an outthrust of the pugnacious jaw.
From Project Gutenberg
An outthrust rock partially sheltered them, and they had the smaller piece of sail-cloth to help keep them dry when they lay down.
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