protrude
verb (used without object)
to project.
had protruded
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past perfectof protrude.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Not too many days ago that door had been mangled and an arrow had protruded from the frame.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Out from the front of his host's throat, to the ruination of such scant good looks as he had, protruded an Adam's apple that was as large and tanned and tough-looking as his nose.
From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Eleanor Gates
Encouraged by his hearty manner, you would sit down, and you would continue to sit down till you had protruded about three-fourths of your system through that hollow mockery of a chair.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
He drew himself upright, breathing very rapidly, and looked through into the room—the room which he had occupied, and from which a moment ago the murderous yellow hand had protruded.
From The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer
Epicotyl.—At the point where the radicle had protruded from a bean laid on its side, a flattened solid lump projected .1 of an inch, in the same horizontal plane with the bean.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
