jut
verb (used without object)
to extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude (often followed byout ).
had jutted
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past perfectof jut.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The house had jutted awkwardly into the road, and the opening caused by its absence was very distinct.
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
Since the mountains themselves were made that group of pinnacles and ledges had jutted up from the seamed desert, a landmark for miles around, catching the flood waters that rushed toward it from far hills.
From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold
One of the gargoyles at the corner, under the parapet, a demon figure that had jutted grinning over the churchyard for three centuries, broke loose and fell crashing on to the gravestones below.
From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade
He recollected that below the cove the shore had jutted out into a wooded point; he had gathered wood along the edge of it yesterday afternoon.
From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Barbour, Ralph Henry
