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stuck out

VERB

bulge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

poke protrude stand out

WEAK

beetle come through extend extrude jut obtrude outthrust overhang pouch pout project protend push show

Antonyms

WEAK

depress

Example Sentences

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Olmo jinked inside the box and a panicked Malick Thiaw stuck out a leg, leaving referee Guida with no other choice as he pointed to the spot.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The tell was Henry’s nose, which stuck out the most on coin faces and lost its silver first, earning the king the nickname Old Coppernose.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

A Greenlandic flag stuck out of his backpack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

In both those new photos and earlier tranches, one persistent, nagging detail stuck out to me.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

A worksheet rested in my chair—thanks, Harper, for not even trying to get it on the desk—and a folded sheet of paper stuck out of my backpack, a paper I hadn’t put there.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows