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

His chin is pitched forward, his ears protrude and his brow is furrowed over glinting black eyes.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Large planks of charred wood protrude into the walkway to the home, and pieces of insulation fall from the damaged ceiling despite a tarp they put up to cover it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2023

The lights protrude from the wall, so directly beneath each one is a slit of shadow.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

A tridimensional T. rex protrudes from Iñaki Godoy’s head while he holds a small plush toy of Monkey D. Luffy, the character who changed his life forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024

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

A terrifying symbol of Mayon’s deadly fury is the belfry of a 16th-century Franciscan stone church which protrudes from the ground.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

Looking over at him, I notice his flushed cheeks and rabbity eyes, his droopy brown mustache and bristly eyebrows, the stomach that protrudes from the bottom of his vest like a barely hidden balloon.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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

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

A long, thick tube protruded from Vicha’s head.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2021

The four bases protruded out from the backbone, like leaves emerging out of the tendril of ivy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“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

An AFP photograph showed a red area with several brownish scabs protruding above his shirt collar on the right side of the neck of the 79-year-old president, the oldest ever elected.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

The sergeant told the court Natalie was found lying on the first floor, with her head in the living room and her feet protruding into the hallway.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

Finally, with a last burst of energy, she drove the craft toward a stand of reeds and stood up to catch an arm of willow protruding from the water.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer