stick out
verb
stuck out; sticking out; sticks out
1
a
: to jut out : project
b
: to be prominent or conspicuous
2
: to be persistent (as in a demand or an opinion)
: endure, last entry 1
—often used with it
stuck it out to the end
Examples of stick out in a Sentence
no feet sticking out in the aisles, please
managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee
Recent Examples on the Web
In the first slide, the family could seen smiling for a selfie with pumpkins in the background as Matilda stuck out her tongue.
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Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
The first thing that really stuck out to me was just the term Software Update.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Smith-Schuster stuck out his hand, too.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Cutting down on defensive gaffes that surely stick out in voters’ minds will vault him into a group with the best rearguards in the sport.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
The first thing that really stuck out to me was just the term Software Update.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Smith-Schuster stuck out his hand, too.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Cutting down on defensive gaffes that surely stick out in voters’ minds will vault him into a group with the best rearguards in the sport.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stick out
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“Stick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stick%20out. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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