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• The recruit's face was smooth but for a single almost imperceptible hair protruding from his chin. "Unshaven!" screamed the officer.From the entry unshaven
• The man's belly protruded tubbily over his waistband.From the entry tubbily
• These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.2025 August 14, Angela Haupt, “What to Know About the Horned ‘Zombie’ Rabbits Hopping Around Colorado”, in TIME. From the entry growth
• You were thin from biking around all day; your protruding clavicles collected rainwater.2022, Ling Ma, “Yeti Lovemaking”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN. From the entry clavicle
• Roger pushed in a book that was protruding beyond its shelfmates.2017, Stuart Fortey, The Diva in the Duck Pond, page 63. From the entry shelfmate
• The transverse process protrudes between the cranial and caudal openings of the foramen transversarium.2015 August 25, “The Cervical Osteology of Okapia johnstoni and Giraffa camelopardalis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry transversarium
• Note how the microstromatolite and surrounding basalt are overgrown by the biofilm and how hyphae protrude.2015 October 22, “A Fungal-Prokaryotic Consortium at the Basalt-Zeolite Interface in Subseafloor Igneous Crust”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry microstromatolite
• The pin bones are the points at the rear of the cow protruding out from the pelvis.2011, Philip Hasheider, The Family Cow Handbook: A Guide to Keeping a Milk Cow, page 40. From the entry thurl
• The sight of deep-pitted orbs and gumless mouths with protruding crooked teeth was macabre and gruesome.2011, Martina Nicolls, The Sudan Curse, page 15. From the entry gumless
• Goblin sharks have a long, flat, pointy snout and their jaws protrude when they are eating.2007, Kimm Bellotto, Katie Kubesh, Niki McNeil, Sharks, page 8. From the entry goblin shark
• The mark is a line segment with four smaller line segments protruding from the ends.2007, Andrew Sears, Julie A. Jacko, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook. From the entry submark
• Click: granite inselberg, like a great igneous gumdrop, protruding above forest canopy.2003, David Quammen, “Saving Africa's Eden”, in National Geographic, volume 204, number 3. From the entry inselberg
• About ten boulderous stones lie partially buried in the ground and protrude no more than about 0.3m.2000 May 22, John Armstrong, quoting http://www.sypeland.freeserve.co.uk/site11.htm [no longer accessible], “Eaglesfield”, in…. From the entry boulderous
• It was fired by striking the protruding base of the cartridge with a hammer.1998, Vincent J.M. DiMaio, Gunshot Wounds, page 282. From the entry zip gun
• A couple of his shirtbuttons were missing, the dark hair of his chest protruding through the gap.1975, André Brink, An Instant in the Wind, New York: William Morrow, published 1977, pages 219–220. From the entry shirt-button
• If any spikes were left protruding in the morning the watchman had to give a satisfactory explanation.1915, Factory, the Magazine of Management, volume 14, page 233. From the entry quarter-hourly
• The rutting male protrudes the dulla from its mouth.2023 August 31, Masroor Ellahi Babar, Muhammad Ashraf, Biology and Breeding of Camels: Focus on Pakistan Camels, CRC Press, →ISBN. From the entry dulla
• These setae are attached to intrinsic parapodial muscles which act to protrude setae, or retract them, or spread them.2012, Mandal, Invertebrate Zoology, →ISBN. From the entry parapodial
• Adding to that is the fact that the cow eye protrudes slightly from its socket, giving the cow a googly-eyed look.2012, Florian Werner, Cow: A Bovine Biography, page 93. From the entry googly-eyed
• A truss may keep the abdominal contents from protruding into the hernial sac; however, this won't cure the hernia.2008, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, chapter 4, in Professional Guide to Diseases, →ISBN, page 280. From the entry truss
• This now protrudes over next door by about 5ft.2004, Sarah O'Grady, The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Property. From the entry flying freehold
• Their spears protruded from the chinks in this formation that was known as the ‘shieldwall’ or ‘war hedge’.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000…. From the entry shield wall
• It has an outer frame within is set a kind of thin elastic tuning fork with its end protruding upwards.1999, Umesh Jadia, Kachchh: An Introduction to the Historical Places, Textile Embroideries, Arts & Crafts Etc. of Kachchh. From the entry morchang
• The wooden handrest is placed over the vibration unit , with the post protruding through the hole in the handrest.1996, Robert W. Amler, Michael Gibertini, Pediatric Environmental Neurobehavioral Test Battery, page 146. From the entry handrest
• Before installing the new surfacing material, sink any protruding nails.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry sink
• Women now resembled well-rounded cabbages from which protruded a tiny head crushed beneath a Charlotte hat covered with plumes and gew-gaws.1968, Gisèle d'Assailly, Ages of Elegance. From the entry charlotte
• Those lights of human intelligence losing human expression, gelidly protruding like the alien eyes of certain uncatalogued creatures of the deep.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 17, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.. From the entry uncatalogued
• This city, as you know, is built deep beneath the surface of the earth, with only the vomitories protruding.1909, E.M. Forster, “II”, in The Machine Stops. From the entry vomitory
• The "straate" are generally level and have a fairly hard surface often broken by protruding boulders of limestone.1908, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons, “Colonial Reports”, in Sessional Papers. From the entry straat
• In one type of vocal dystonia called lingual protrusion dystonia, a person’s tongue can protrude when they try to speak, strangling their words.2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN. From the entry dystonia
• Belching loudly, he sat back in his chair, letting his pot-belly protrude out so much that it touched the edge of his desk.2008, James M. Campbell, One Night in the House of the Creepy Santas, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry pot-belly
• I'd remembered Ann as a wiry young woman with protruding, river green eyes and lank brown hair in a Dutch boy bob.2005, Christina Bartolomeo, Snowed In: A Novel. From the entry Dutch boy
• Again her netherlip protruded, curiously, affectionately.2002, David Grossman, The Book of Intimate Grammar. From the entry netherlip
• A horse is roughshod when the nails are left protruding out of its shoes so that the animal does not slip and fall.1996, Sandra L. Olsen, “Introduction”, in Sandra L. Olsen, editor, Horses through Time, Boulder, Colo.: Roberts Rinehart Publishers for…. From the entry roughshod
• The tongues protruding like summer sausages.1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press. From the entry summer sausage
• A passerby noticed the man's body protruding from the water at about 9 p.m. and Boston and Metropolitan police divers were called to the scene.1979 August 25, “Body Found Near the Fenway”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 2. From the entry diver

Meaning of protrude

1. verb To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
2. verb To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.
3. verb To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.

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Questions about protrude in a sentence

How do you use protrude in a sentence?

Protrude is used as a verb. For example: “The recruit's face was smooth but for a single almost imperceptible hair protruding from his chin. "Unshaven!" screamed the officer.”

What is a short sentence with protrude?

“Again her netherlip protruded, curiously, affectionately.”

What does protrude mean?

Protrude means to cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.