How to Use stick out in a Sentence
stick out
verb
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The idea here is to knock off any bits of paint that stick out.
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Washington Post,
21 Mar. 2022
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That's a long list of stuff—did any of it stick out to you?
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Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson,
Ars Technica,
17 Dec. 2021
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White said that’s one of the things about this case that stuck out with her.
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Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2024
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But the first of their kind are the ones that stick out more than anything.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
27 July 2022
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It’s stuck out in the rural, eastern edge of the state.
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2024
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And his bare feet stuck out through the top of threadbare shoes.
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Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Dec. 2023
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Press down on their paw pads: This will get the nail to stick out.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
14 Sep. 2024
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The impact for the rest of us could stick out like a big sore thumb.
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John King,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Sep. 2021
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Pro-Trump flags and signs hang from the walls of some homes and stick out of yards.
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Jazmine Ulloa,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2024
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Their 11 turnovers in the last two quarters stuck out for him.
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Helene Elliott,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2024
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Her wig is tossed over the edge of the Citadel and lands on a dead branch sticking out of the rock.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 May 2024
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In my short time with him, two things stick out in my mind.
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Annie Lane,
oregonlive,
24 June 2021
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Here are the moments that stuck out to us in the hour-long debate.
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Arika Herron,
Axios,
2 Oct. 2024
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Now the windows are boarded up and pipes stick out of mounds in the yard.
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Washington Post,
28 July 2021
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Zoë, beyond just the vibes, what stuck out to you about this track?
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Zoë Haylock,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2023
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If feel for all the people that got stuck out there, I’d be pissed too.
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Nardine Saad,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Sep. 2023
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Being in the locker room with the guys, those are the best times that stick out in my mind.
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Jeff Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2024
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Look out for worn nets and pads and hooks and springs that are sticking out.
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Katia Hetter,
CNN,
17 Sep. 2024
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These stick out through the other hairs, and are the most visible part of the coat.
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Tim MacWelch,
Outdoor Life,
24 Dec. 2020
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The young woman, dressed in drab and ill-fitting clothes, sticks out.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Sep. 2023
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Ron Amadeo The camera bar just barely sticks out from the back.
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Ron Amadeo,
Ars Technica,
13 May 2024
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The video will show a pit with boots and hands that stick out of the dirt, as if intending to crawl out.
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Maggie Levantovskaya,
Longreads,
31 Aug. 2023
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Of those, 22 birds had compound fractures, where the ends of the broken bone stick out through the skin.
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Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
17 June 2021
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To take a little heat off from the bright sun, big sun hats and cowboy hats stick out among the crowd.
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The Arizona Republic,
26 Feb. 2022
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Do any high-profile apps not on that list stick out to you?
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Andy Meek,
BGR,
5 Apr. 2022
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But the rules disappeared and now those in masks stick out, even on her city bus.
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Sarah Cahalan,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2022
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In the 1989 World Tour movie, Swift grabbed an iron golf club and hit a metal pole sticking out of the stage.
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Bryan West,
USA TODAY,
24 July 2024
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Then, the sight: a corpse, charred black, lying in the middle of street, its bones and feet sticking out of the pile of ash.
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Samantha Schmidt,
Washington Post,
9 Mar. 2024
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Get by, survive, stick out the loneliness, have faith in the city.
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Craig Taylor,
Time,
24 Mar. 2021
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But beyond the general fields, there isn’t much that sticks out across the genre-specific categories.
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Thania Garcia,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2024
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