How to Use stick out in a Sentence

stick out

verb
  • The idea here is to knock off any bits of paint that stick out.
    Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
  • White said that’s one of the things about this case that stuck out with her.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But the first of their kind are the ones that stick out more than anything.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 July 2022
  • It’s stuck out in the rural, eastern edge of the state.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024
  • And his bare feet stuck out through the top of threadbare shoes.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Pro-Trump flags and signs hang from the walls of some homes and stick out of yards.
    Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Their 11 turnovers in the last two quarters stuck out for him.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Zoë, beyond just the vibes, what stuck out to you about this track?
    Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • If feel for all the people that got stuck out there, I’d be pissed too.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Being in the locker room with the guys, those are the best times that stick out in my mind.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The young woman, dressed in drab and ill-fitting clothes, sticks out.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The video will show a pit with boots and hands that stick out of the dirt, as if intending to crawl out.
    Maggie Levantovskaya, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2023
  • To take a little heat off from the bright sun, big sun hats and cowboy hats stick out among the crowd.
    The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Do any high-profile apps not on that list stick out to you?
    Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
  • But the rules disappeared and now those in masks stick out, even on her city bus.
    Sarah Cahalan, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Then, the sight: a corpse, charred black, lying in the middle of street, its bones and feet sticking out of the pile of ash.
    Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Studnicka was benched for nearly the first half of the frame, then hacked Max Jones’s stick out of his hands.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Swain added texture to this top knot with curly pieces that stick out from all sides of the updo.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 29 June 2022
  • There are many pasta shapes, but none stick out to me as much as the jumbo shell.
    Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Standing in the hallway between the bench and locker room, a man sticks out his hand to greet one of them.
    Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • What made the vault stick out too was how well the Utes did on the other events to put themselves right in the middle of the fight for the title.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
  • In the second shot of the photo series, Zeta-Jones sticks out her tongue.
    Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Princess Charlotte's skirt appears to stick out in a strange way around her waist.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Beside the menorah, a small Israeli flag stuck out of a mug filled with pens.
    Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The teeth did not stick out when its mouth was closed, with just lips visible even in a wide open bite.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Her hair was super straight with a few flyaways sticking out near the crown of her head.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Choose between rainbow clouds or unicorns with horns and ears that stick out of the box.
    Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Their faces and a few limbs are sticking out of the ice, and their expressions are that of sheer terror.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Abelen’s comrades will stomp their feet, beat their chests, and stick out their tongues.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • In the clip, the snake opens its mouth wide, sticks out its tongue, and hisses as the pest control employee pulls it out of the bathroom.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023

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