jutted
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Definition(s):
- (n) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- (n) the act of projecting out from something
- (v) extend out or project in space
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Usage(s):
- When I was here six months ago, bodies jutted from the pancaked floors of collapsed buildings and lined rubble-strewn streets.
- Yet amid the Sangre de Cristo range outside Santa Fe this year, a dramatic new feature has jutted up in a matter of months.
- In an dark jacket, open collar shirt and brown pants, Obama strolled first through a barn with stalls of cows, whose heads jutted out from the metal gates.
Quotes
- "From my angle, it was pretty obvious that it hit the edge of the bag," Randolph said. "Unless it hit a rock or something, it just jutted out to the left. Randy is an excellent umpire. He obviously was screened on the play or didn't really...on Aug 28, 2006 By: Willie Randolph Source: ESPN
- In a short essay he wrote for the exhibition, Pratt says the pier is an "approach-structure that jutted out into Placentia Bay at the northeast end of the main runway at Argentia Naval Station."on Sep 20, 2008 By: Christopher Pratt Source: Globe and Mail
- "I saw a giant field of scorched mulch. It sprawled out to the horizon, 3 square miles looking like someone had worked it over with a huge blowtorch. A few sticks from buildings jutted up like black arms," Ferlinghetti says.on Nov 11, 2006 By: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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