protrude

A blackened mattress, a twisted bicycle, a crushed sofa and toys protrude between two stacked concrete slabs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Boxes labelled with western logos like New Balance and Clarks protrude from this shop's packed shelves.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

The CARs can recognize specific proteins, known as antigens, that protrude from cancer cells.

From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024

The woman’s skirt touches the floor, creating firm visual stability, but at the lower front edge, it just slightly lifts, and her feet protrude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

Instead, her subject's skin warms and their spine begins to protrude from their back, as if it might actually push through their skin.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Because it protrudes at a slight angle, swells approaching from the south or southwest bounce off the jetty and mutate into triangular peaks—hence the spot’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The keel is a large, fin-like part of the boat that protrudes from its base.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024

The female’s dorsal fin protrudes far from the body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

The x-ray spectrometer protrudes over the rover’s front and rotates by 90 degrees to study the material below it.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 13, 2023

I can count every rib in my rib cage, but my stomach protrudes outward, bloated like a ball between my chest and hips.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

In the distance, the bare skeletons of trees that were drowned a century ago protruded from the lake bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

The kindergarten playground, weathered from decades of brutal winters, had turned hazardous; at times, sharp screws protruded from some of the equipment, and kids routinely got splinters from the wooden crossbeams.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023

A lone pink flip-flop protruded from under its silky material.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022

As Albies remembered the events of the day before, two legs in white leggings, high socks and flip-flops protruded from beneath the sweatshirts and jerseys hanging in the locker next to him.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2022

He wore a business suit of olive green and had a round face and yellow-brown eyes that protruded.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

The wreck in the Danube was reportedly discovered on 2 August, when a passersby reported part of the motorcycle protruding from the rocks on the riverbank in downtown Budapest.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The mysteries surrounding Sanxingdui have spawned even more outlandish questions: Do the enormous protruding eyes and enigmatic smiles featured on the figures suggest the ancient people were extraterrestrials?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

“Mind the points,” Flod cautions, as I maneuver around an oversize papier-mache mask covered in protruding footlong spikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Their latest experiments focus on a new particle design that includes additional protruding "legs."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026

Almost spider-like he looked now, crouched back on his bent limbs, with his protruding eyes.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien