stick out
verb
stuck out; sticking out; sticks out
1
a
: to jut out : project
b
: to be prominent or conspicuous
2
: to be persistent (as in a demand or an opinion)
: endure, last entry 1
—often used with it
stuck it out to the end
Examples of stick out in a Sentence
no feet sticking out in the aisles, please
managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee
Recent Examples on the Web
On one of these trips, Robert Savage, a professor from the University of Bristol, noticed what looked like fossils sticking out from the base of the cliff.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Ex-Avs forward Nikolai Kovalenko knocked Makar’s stick out of his hands, and eventually Colin Graf fed a pass to Zetterlund at the far post for a layup at 10:08 of the period.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Bullseye is barely standing while Daredevil has at least a half dozen knives sticking out of him.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
The inmates took over, killing guards and freeing everyone; Trent helped himself to a dead guard’s uniform, radio and weapon (as well as the knife sticking out of his chest), and used it to pose as a law-enforcement official helping manage the chaos as people flocked to Paradise in their cars.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Mar. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Ex-Avs forward Nikolai Kovalenko knocked Makar’s stick out of his hands, and eventually Colin Graf fed a pass to Zetterlund at the far post for a layup at 10:08 of the period.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Bullseye is barely standing while Daredevil has at least a half dozen knives sticking out of him.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
The inmates took over, killing guards and freeing everyone; Trent helped himself to a dead guard’s uniform, radio and weapon (as well as the knife sticking out of his chest), and used it to pose as a law-enforcement official helping manage the chaos as people flocked to Paradise in their cars.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Stick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stick%20out. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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