How to Use stick out in a Sentence

stick out

verb
  • Two things stuck out for Plitzuweit.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That was one of the things that stuck out to me.
    — Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
  • But there's one that sticks out this time of year.
    — Adam Del Rosso, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The idea here is to knock off any bits of paint that stick out.
    — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Vrabel stood up and stuck out his hand.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Two skulls and more bones stuck out of the dirt edges of the trench.
    — Will Englund, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2019
  • One of the coaches stuck out his thumb.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
  • What about that moment stuck out?
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • But some cast members stick out like sore thumbs.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There are spikes and things sticking out?
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Are there any moments that stick out in your mind?
    — Richard Hall, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Palmer’s style sticks out, and so do his results.
    — Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
  • Prysock’s name is not the only thing that sticks out.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • White said that’s one of the things about this case that stuck out with her.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Like a half-skirt apron thing sticking out of the back?
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Ice tends to be weak when things are sticking out of it.
    — Ray Petelin, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a few of them though, but those those are the ones that stuck out.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Still, what sticks out most is the show’s treatment of youth.
    — Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Their heads, cooled with ice packs, stick out of the machine.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Wise saw a bone sticking out of the leg, but couldn't feel it.
    — Nathan Fenno, latimes.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • That is the kind of feedback on the film that now sticks out to her.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The impact for the rest of us could stick out like a big sore thumb.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Zoë, beyond just the vibes, what stuck out to you about this track?
    — Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This third-down play in the first half stuck out to me in the moment.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2019
  • But the first of their kind are the ones that stick out more than anything.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 July 2022
  • That’s what sticks out about Sunday.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Look out for worn nets and pads and hooks and springs that are sticking out.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The hypocrisy sticks out like a Sorsby thumb.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • Stevens sticks out like a sore thumb in this price range as a value play.
    — Dennis Esser, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The garbage man found it in a bag, and the hand was sticking out of it.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2019

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