How to Use stick out in a Sentence
stick out
verb-
Get by, survive, stick out the loneliness, have faith in the city.
— Craig Taylor, Time, 24 Mar. 2021 -
These stick out through the other hairs, and are the most visible part of the coat.
— Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020 -
That remains to be seen, but two players stick out as question marks, and with good reason.
— Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021 -
Alex walked around every day of shooting this movie with his dog Peanut in his coat, and her face stuck out.
— Jessica Wang, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2024 -
If the panels stick out past the existing baseboards, remove them.
— Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 17 Mar. 2021 -
When a team is winning like Phoenix has the last two months, the losses tend to stick out more than the victories.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2021 -
The numbers that really stick out to me are in Donovan Mitchell’s chart.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Mar. 2021 -
Soft-cloth carwashes can damage items that stick out from the car, like loose trim or side mirrors, for example.
— Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 26 Dec. 2020 -
But two things, although not totally clear, stick out, redwoods among the dandelions.
— Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2021 -
But those reviews are of a different reality, when this part of town actually did stick out like a tumor.
— Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 12 Jan. 2021 -
Yet there are always a few unscripted remarks—or, perhaps, remarks scripted to sound unscripted—that stick out.
— The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021 -
Hoisted in the air and surrounded by scaffolding, the object’s two appendages stick out and run down its sides like the long, slender legs of a praying mantis.
— New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021 -
McLaughlin's shot knocked the stick out of Charleson's hand, but the Gophers couldn't take advantage in the Spartans zone.
— Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021 -
Memory research tells us emotionally surprising events stick out.
— Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021 -
This bird would stick out like a sore thumb in a flock of Canadas, but be a little more difficult to I.D. in a group of snows (it might be mistaken for a blue goose).
— Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021 -
An amateur archaeologist first spotted a bone sticking out of the riverbank in 1996.
— Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024 -
The idea here is to knock off any bits of paint that stick out.
— Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022 -
That's a long list of stuff—did any of it stick out to you?
— Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2021 -
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 -
Press down on their paw pads: This will get the nail to stick out.
— Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024 -
The impact for the rest of us could stick out like a big sore thumb.
— John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2021 -
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 -
Her wig is tossed over the edge of the Citadel and lands on a dead branch sticking out of the rock.
— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024 -
In my short time with him, two things stick out in my mind.
— Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 June 2021 -
Now the windows are boarded up and pipes stick out of mounds in the yard.
— Washington Post, 28 July 2021 -
Zoë, beyond just the vibes, what stuck out to you about this track?
— Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
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