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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
protrude .
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Examples
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Even if a small, legible portion of a page protrudes from a closed file, the attorney is entitled to believe that this paper can reasonably be considered to be private and secure from scrutiny and from seizure.
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Even if a small, legible portion of a page protrudes from a closed file, the attorney is entitled to believe that this paper can reasonably be considered to be private and secure from scrutiny and from seizure.
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A single scraggly tree protrudes from a small square of earth left open near the middle of the cement floor.
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At the Fort Worth post office, the hook that once held up the small battery-powered clock now protrudes from a plaster wall.
Archive 2007-02-25 Bill Crider 2007
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A single scraggly tree protrudes from a small square of earth left open near the middle of the cement floor.
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It appears the tiny, crimson point of the bud which protrudes from the calyx is very sensitive, and more easily blighted by frost than any other bud.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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The hinge also protrudes from the back of the Echo and keeps it from lying flat on a table in its two-screen view.
The Echo Doubles Up on Touch Screens Katherine Boehret 2011
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In Morgans's Mondrian South Beach hotel in Miami, the shower head protrudes from the bottom of a hanging crystal chandelier.
Grand Hotel, Starring the Shower Kris Hudson 2011
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There is a Plexiglas window on one end, where a button protrudes from the wall: PUSH TO TALK.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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Let me start out by saying that when you run the hook through the soft plastic, try to rig it where the hook protrudes out as much as possible.
Jigs or grub I use in the fall for Trout here in Charleston,SC . 2009
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