protrude
verb (used without object)
to project.
have protruded
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present perfectof protrude.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In David Plante's two previous novels of the Francoeur family, these slippery steppingstones have protruded from still, deep waters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon passing the hand over them they seemed to have protruded from their sockets in no inconsiderable degree; and all objects in the car, and even the balloon itself, appeared distorted to my vision.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Nathaniel Parker Willis
After they have protruded from the seed, they are united at their lower ends with the undeveloped hypocotyl and undeveloped radicle, which together form a point only about .1 inch in length.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
When the central nippers are considerably worn, and the next pair are showing marks of wear, the tush will have protruded, and will generally be a full half inch in height.
From The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put by Harvey Riley
There seemed to have been some disturbance there lately, for instead of the six pair of feet which should have protruded therefrom, the gleam of the bull's-eye showed but four.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
