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

Kinney disappeared in 1999 and on June 17, 2022, a family looking for sea shells on Salmon Creek State Beach came across a bone sticking out of the sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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

“See those bamboo logs athwart the boat, fore and aft, sticking out over the water, with the other logs joining their ends?”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham