How to Use protrude in a Sentence

protrude

verb

• His lower jaw protrudes slightly.
• A handkerchief protruded from his shirt pocket.
• The dwelling now protrudes from a grassy dune and leans to the side with the ocean mere steps away.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
• Weave the polyester fiber fill around the wires protruding from the cap.
  — New York Times, 27 July 2023
• The cameras also protrude a little more from the back of the phone.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 27 Sep. 2021
• The lugs do not protrude past the edges of my wrist and the case looks in proportion with my hand.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2021
• Sand tiger sharks have sharp teeth that protrude from their jaw to grasp prey.
  — Sora Kim, The Conversation, 12 July 2021
• From the rolling hills of the prairie lands protrude jagged spires that quickly expand to the horizon.
  — Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2020
• The crowning form protrudes above the top of the paper, which is just one of the ways Shaw-Clemons breaks free of the picture plane.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• From some of the older eggs, tiny snouts had started to protrude.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• Once the glue is dry, sand off any plug protruding beyond the board.
  — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
• And one of the walls seemed to protrude outward out of the plane, according to a city report.
  — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Aug. 2021
• Homes turned to mounds of dust and protruding rebar in the villages of Moulay Brahim and Amizmiz.
  — Joe Snell, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• The Beats Studio Buds look very cool: small buds which barely protrude from the ears.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• Inside, there is a glass floor over sandy dirt from which bones protrude.
  — Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Many thought that the protruding rock on the left bank was an important clue.
  — Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
• Here and there, a leftover bracket or a metal ring protrudes from the shell.
  — Curbed, 27 Sep. 2023
• That June, his first child was born with a large mass protruding from a lesion in his skull.
  — Daniel Lewis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• Clean off the outside of the container, trim protruding roots, then place the plant back in your home.
  — Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2023
• The trouble is, most front seats protrude rearwards, past the B-pillars and their seat belt mounts.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 3 Aug. 2022
• From the side, my small cheeks and shallow eye sockets made my large brown eyes protrude from my head like those of a fly.
  — Ariel Henley, Wired, 6 Dec. 2021
• In some of the upstairs units, nails protrude from the floorboards, and rainwater falls from holes in the ceiling.
  — Wilfred Chan, Curbed, 8 Dec. 2022
• There’s one more change predicted—the distance the cameras protrude from the case.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• Six arms protrude from the top, hoisting giant blocks into the sky.
  — Nell Lewis, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
• Katz tugged at his salt-and-pepper beard, which protruded from the bottom of an N95 face mask.
  — Kenneth R. Rosen, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2020
• Yes, the next AirPods will look much more like the Pro model than now, that is with shorter stalks that protrude from the ears much less.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
• Don’t cut through knots; instead, leave the nubs protruding.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
• And sculptured pieces protrude from gowns giving a 3D look.
  — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• There are also reports that the camera bump will protrude a bit more than on the iPhone 13 Pro models.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
• What to Consider: The protruding heel can be awkward if you’re not used to it.
  — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024