sticking out

Example Sentences

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I often stood crooked or perched on things to avoid sticking out.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"A little cluster of stomach stones, with two leg bones sticking out indicates that the animal was not fully pulled apart before it has hit the fossil record," Clarke said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Woltemade obliged, sticking out a boot to poke home from close range before a lengthy VAR check confirmed the German was just onside.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

A Lana Del Rey-themed cake with a single candle, decorated to look like a cigarette, sticking out of the singer’s mouth.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Footage of concerned neighbors looking at the blackened skeleton of a home transitioned abruptly to a grainy image of a dorsal fin sticking out of the water.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen