protruded

Example Sentences

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Shopping carts and car parts protruded from the water.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 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

But it was rolled out unevenly, and one end protruded past the goal post.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2023

Even more impressive was the fact that Mount Washington, by some accounts, protruded into the stratosphere — the second layer of Earth’s atmosphere.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2023

In the stump there was a hole, and out of the hole protruded something that looked a little like a leaf, but was not.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien