All 7 Uses of
protrude
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- His upper lip was long, and since his teeth protruded, the lips stretched to cover them, for this man kept his lips closed.†
Chpt 2protruded = stuck out
- Pushing hind legs strained and slipped, boosting the shell along, and the horny head protruded as far as the neck could stretch.†
Chpt 3
- His eyeballs were heavy and protruding; the lids stretched to cover them, and the lids were raw and red.†
Chpt 4protruding = sticking out
- It was getting the long protruding curve of a crow's beak now.†
Chpt 4
- His lips, from which the big nails protruded, were thin and red.†
Chpt 8protruded = stuck out
- A sheaf of papers was held in his shirt pocket by a little fence of fountain pens and yellow pencils; and from his hip pocket protruded a notebook with metal covers.†
Chpt 20
- Al pointed to a big nail protruding from the flat casing.†
Chpt 26 *protruding = sticking out
Definition:
to stick out from