jutted; jutting
: to extend out, up, or forward : project
mountains jutting into the sky
a jutting jaw
: to cause to project
: something that juts : projection
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Examples of jut in a Sentence
Verb
mountains jutting into the sky
the sandbar juts out into the ocean
Noun
Cape Fear is one of the more colorfully named juts along the North Carolina coast.
Recent Examples on the Web
Anas Baba, NPR, 4 June 2024
The strip of land juts out into a lake on Orkney, a Scottish island in the North Sea, according to a May 20 news release from the UHI Archaeology Institute.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
The plan is to juts continue to prove those people right.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
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Verb
Skeletons of former buildings jut out against the skyline.
—Anas Baba, NPR, 4 June 2024
The strip of land juts out into a lake on Orkney, a Scottish island in the North Sea, according to a May 20 news release from the UHI Archaeology Institute.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Noun
Its signature pier juts into the Pacific as waves big enough to make surfers salivate break beyond miles of white sand.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
The plan is to juts continue to prove those people right.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Jut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jut. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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