Protruded
[prəʊ'tru:did]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Protrude
Typist: Sanford
Examples
- The old woman's face was wrinkled; her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip; and her eyes were bright and piercing. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Boultby heard and deliberated with bent brow and protruded under lip. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- From the niche a single object protruded into the light from the candles on the table. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- On their backs were oval shields, in their noses huge rings, while from the kinky wool of their heads protruded tufts of gay feathers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- For a minute or more the hand, with its writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was clad only in his long night-dress, and his swollen ankles and ungainly feet protruded starkly from beneath it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The seeds were too large to go between the bars through which the series of saws protruded, and were kept apart by themselves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buck-teeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His face grew purple; his eyes were starting from his head, and with protruded tongue, he seemed to mock me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- From the pocket of his light summer overcoat protruded the bundle of indorsed papers which proclaimed his profession. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Slowly the powerful neck and shoulders spread the bars apart, and the lithe body protruded farther and farther into the room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Sanford