PROTRUDE in a Sentence
Learn PROTRUDE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
40 example sentences for PROTRUDE, such as:
1. His fingers protrude from the holes in his gloves.
2. He managed to hang on to a piece of rock protruding from the cliff face.
3. Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic.
4. For a minute or more the hand, with its writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor.
5. From the niche a single object protruded into the light from the candles on the table.
2. He managed to hang on to a piece of rock protruding from the cliff face.
3. Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic.
4. For a minute or more the hand, with its writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor.
5. From the niche a single object protruded into the light from the candles on the table.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PROTRUDE
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protrude
v. swell or protrude outwards
v. extend out or project in space
Classic Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1 "Her name Belle Watling," said Uncle Peter, his lower lip beginning to protrude.
2 Peter's sniffles stopped and his underlip began to protrude gradually until it stuck out alarmingly.
3 In particular, the collar on one of them had been neatly mended, although hitherto its state of dilapidation had been such as perennially to allow the stuffing to protrude through the leather.
4 Instantly there broke from the grey parcel a little moaning cry, and from it there protruded a small, scared face, with very bright brown eyes, and two little speckled, dimpled fists.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
5 Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic.
6 The old woman's face was wrinkled; her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip; and her eyes were bright and piercing.
7 With her dropping out of sight on the right side, a newcomer, bearing a burden, protruded into the sky on the left side, ascended the tumulus, and deposited the burden on the top.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
8 From the niche a single object protruded into the light from the candles on the table.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
9 For a minute or more the hand, with its writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
10 His rusty black frock-coat was buttoned right up in front, with the collar turned up, and his lank wrists protruded from his sleeves without a sign of cuff or shirt.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
11 He was clad only in his long night-dress, and his swollen ankles and ungainly feet protruded starkly from beneath it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
Context Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
12 From the pocket of his light summer overcoat protruded the bundle of indorsed papers which proclaimed his profession.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
13 There was a heavy pistol openly in his trouser band and from the top of his tattered boot protruded the hilt of a bowie knife.
14 His hands were covered with red mittens through which protruded his chapped raw knuckles.
15 As strange misgrown masses gather in the knot-holes of the noblest oaks when prostrate, so from the points which the whale's eyes had once occupied, now protruded blind bulbs, horribly pitiable to see.
Example Sentence:
1 His fingers protrude from the holes in his gloves.
2 A church tower protruding from the ground offers the incongruous spectacle to visitors.
3 He managed to hang on to a piece of rock protruding from the cliff face.