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Out of it will protrude four paddlelike surfaces carried on branching supports and arranged in such a way that one of them will always face fairly accurately toward the sun.

From Time Magazine Archive

She will protrude her tongue and follow a finger with her eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The magnet core C is made of a carriage bolt, 2-1/2 in. long, which is fastened in a hole in the top part of the upright B so that the end C will protrude slightly.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

So enormous is the distention of the bladder that sometimes it will protrude from the mouth, and then burst with a noise like a pistol-shot!

From By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Becke, Louis

As a rule, only about half an inch of the shell will be found protruding above the beach, in very shallow water, but in deep water more of the shell will protrude.

From Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them by Moss, E. G. B.