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Meanings of sticking out in English

Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.

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Usage of sticking out in English
1
I've shared the example of sticking out a party for my friend.
Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
2
The thesis has a way of sticking out obtrusively in such efforts.
Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personal...
3
The Gideon Bible, scraps of paper sticking out from the red-edged pages.
The Quiet Earth
4
I'm Commander Greg van Eekhout, the man said, sticking out a hand.
Envoy
5
It was sticking out from the tree, with the curve directed downwards.
The Cliff Climbers / A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"
6
Looking down, he saw a small dart sticking out of his sleeve.
Fang: a maximum ride novel
7
The sweater sticking out of that box used to be my favourite.
Sister Mine
8
He saw an ancient block sandstone structure sticking out of the ground.
Wild Storm
9
There were several tabs sticking out of the pages of his book.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
10
Only the tip of his nose and his eyes were sticking out.
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
11
The feathered ends of a dozen arrows were sticking out of him.
Before Adam
12
And the quartermaster-hestood with his signal-flagssticking out under his armpit-said:
The U-boat hunters
13
We were two heads sticking out of the ground like two turnips.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
14
He couldn't remember ever seeing newspaper sticking out from between his sutures.
Spiral
15
And you say Sir Ambrose had been sticking out against her marriage.
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
16
The hypodermic's sticking out of it, empty, plunger all the way down.
Beat the reaper: a novel
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United States of America
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