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to stick out from- Metal spikes protrude from the dog's collar.
protrude = stick out
- She is operating to repair the muscle wall through which the hernia protrudes.
- rebar protrudes from the concrete
- He'd had holes in both of his socks, I remembered; through one a slender big toe had protruded, with the nail neatly groomed.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Her bottom plate was not in, and her upper lip protruded; from time to time she would draw her nether lip to her upper plate and carry her chin with it.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Another flash of lightning lit her face for an instant and Winnie saw an expression there of deep concentration, tip of tongue protruding,Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting
- Al pointed to a big nail protruding from the flat casing.John Steinbeck -- The Grapes of Wrath
- She leaned over and drew a skinny black tongue protruding from Coot's mouth.David Almond -- Skellig
- He was able to lift Zero high enough for him to grab the protruding slab of rock.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- Turning around, I saw his hands were curled around the protruding blade as if he himself had tried to pull it from his stomach.Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows
- she probably even had to overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that protruded from under the couch.Franz Kafka -- Metamorphosis
- Rusted nails protrude from the walls.Joy Kogawa -- Obasan
- There was a shard of metal protruding from Jenkins' chest.Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels
- As for lunch, he pressed his hand against the protruding bundle under his jacket.Jack London -- To Build a Fire
- When viewed up close like this, with his jaw protruding toward me, he looked more like an animal than a human.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Over Nobu's shoulder I could see the eaves of the inn protruding above the foliage.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- She was startled when she first saw me—because of the way my cheekbones protruded, she said.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- At one point I felt a moment of panic when I saw a naked shoulder protruding from his bathrobe.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- It was her boyfriend's pale hand protruding from his sleeve.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- But by the time I was nine, the bones in her face had begun to protrude, and she never gained weight again afterward.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
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