protrude
Example Sentences
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As a result, it remains a ruin—a mostly standing skeleton with steel rebar protruding from mangled concrete walls.
If the fish-trap hypothesis is the right one, then the lines of protruding monoliths would have also supported a "net" made of sticks and branches to catch fish as the tide retreated.
From BBC
The complex’s opaque tower is clad in cream-colored concrete panels, stepping rhythmically with protruding windows that drift off-center.
From Los Angeles Times
Hidden behind each protruding eye are two long, spiraled optic nerves -- a configuration not documented in any other lizard species.
From Science Daily
Though widely regarded as handsome, particularly early in his career, Mr. Nakadai’s most memorable physical feature—as he himself acknowledged—were his large, protruding eyes.
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