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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

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 Darwin, Charles

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 Willis, Nathaniel Parker

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 Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop

Our soft felt hats had become shapeless things so full of rents that if it were not for the bandanna handkerchiefs we wore in them our hair would have protruded at every point.

From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Wallace, Dillon