P. J. O'Rourke

Kabul is a walled city, which sounds romantic except the walls are pre-cast reinforced concrete blast barriers, 10 feet tall and 15 feet long and moved into place with cranes. The walls are topped with sandbags, and the sandbags are topped with guard posts from which gun barrels protrude.

American Comedian

Andrea Pirlo

If I look in the mirror when I get up or before going to bed at night, I see a man of average ugliness with stubble, an unruly mane of hair, a squint nose, slightly protruding ears, and bags under my eyes. But I also see a man who's completely happy with the figure staring back at him.

Italian Athlete

Nikolai Gogol

Russia! Russia... Everything in you is open, desolate and level; your squat towns barely protrude in the midst of the plains like dots, like counters; there is nothing to tempt or enchant the onlooker's gaze. But what is this inscrutable, mysterious force that draws me to you?

Russian Writer

Kage Baker

Written and directed by French showman Georges Melies, 'Le Voyage' features one of the most indelible images in cinema history: the wounded Man in the Moon bleeding like a particularly runny Brie, grimacing in pain with a space capsule protruding from his right eye.

American Writer

Engelbert Humperdinck

I was very unsure of myself when I was young and an ugly little beggar with protruding teeth, so I used to lie on them at night to try to straighten them.

English Musician

Rohit Saraf

I love funny Instagram filters. Where your face changes; your eyes become big, your mouth becomes protruded. I love all of that.

Gene Tunney

The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding.

American Athlete

Use 'protrude' to emphasize the visibility of something sticking out physically.

Physical Visibility

It often implies something extends so much that it replaces or overshadows what's around it.

Beyond Limits

Think of how the protruding object may interact with its environment.

Object Interaction

Use 'protrude' metaphorically to describe something that stands out in a non-physical way.

Figurative Noticeability

The word can highlight an element that is prominent due to its contrast or unexpectedness.

Unexpected Contrast

In medical contexts, 'protrude' is used to describe anatomical structures or conditions.

Medical Specificity

Medically, a protrusion often suggests pain or discomfort.

Implication of Pain

When something protrudes in a medical sense, it's usually abnormal or indicative of an issue.

Indication of Abnormality

 similar age but like I said the first couple of months has sped really quite close to mom's side actually wonder if this cop is not a little bit older and it's just a late developer in terms of its tusks normally you can start to see the tusks protruding in about two years old and I can't even see that on this

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 the filthy, protruding ears, those stained, fatty clothes Jews often have an unpleasant sweetish odor. If you have a good nose, you can smell the Jews." A more modern example comes from people who try to convince us that homosexuality is immoral. This is from an anti-gay website, where they said

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 Largely thanks to that, abundant life forms exist in the darkness, adapting to a harsh reality where only the weird and wonderful can survive. Fish with cavernous mouths, spiky teeth jutting from their jaws, and lamp-like structures protruding from their heads,

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 include barnacles that protrude from rocks in a spire like fashion one spire covered Rock was nicknamed the carwash barnacle by researchers because it looked like the spinning cylinders found in a car wash they even spotted a colorless octopus one of the rarest

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 protruding from her blouse she said oh don't worry Joan it's just a heart monitor it's just a heart monitor I'm having a few heart issues but it's no big deal what do you think happened I sent her home put her right back on that

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 This building took Khan's exoskeleton design one step further, with a central column supported by three protruding wings. Each wing’s weight carries the other two, while the heavy concrete core acts as a support beam,

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 stargazers protruding eyes are easily damaged so they should only be kept by specialists but goldfish have astonishing powers of regeneration and an injured I can regrow goldfish see far-red a color we can't see that

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 the lower jaw is protruding forward the upper jaw I don't know why but these fish are always much more aggressive I don't have my legendary catfish yet but I can still get some important data okay

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 protruding from one side of it we brought the Bell to our laboratory and our conservators started working on it a couple of days later one of the conservatives called me up said you

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 around and the whole herd will help just to protect this female as she gives birth but very very soil and tummy quite amazing how much it's protruding

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