outthrust
Americanverb (used with or without object)
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of outthrust
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at out-, thrust
Example Sentences
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On a recent afternoon, the actor Greg Tannahill sat perched atop a London rooftop, one leg extended, one arm outthrust.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Americans who live inland were little aware as yet of the staggering magnitude of the outthrust of American production.
From Time Magazine Archive
His shaggy, outthrust head, his dark burning eyes made those who saw him think of Lincoln.
From Time Magazine Archive
A doomed love blooms like a flower held in the outthrust hand of a tragic Charlie Chaplin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Catching sight of Pai striding toward him with jaw outthrust and stick lifted, Ranofer bent hastily to his work.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
His gaze turned across the Gulf to a tongue of land outthrusting from the long purple reach of Vancouver Island.
From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney
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