stick out

Example Sentences

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Holding the stick out in front of him, still uttering those deep grunts, he started beating at the apple as if he was killing a snake.

From Literature

I could feel my toes sticking out, rubbing against the worn leather of my shoes.

From Literature

The head and raised arms of a doll stick out of the left side of the hoodie’s kangaroo pocket.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those that have been left behind stick out like sore hitchhiker’s thumbs, which helps explain recent activist interest.

From Barron's

He thought he’d gotten everything until he saw a scrap of yellow sticking out from under a chair a few feet away.

From Literature