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Antonyms for jut out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : juht
Phonetic Transcription : dʒʌt


Definition of jut out

Origin :
  • "to protrude," mid-15c., corruption of obsolete jet (see jetty). Related: Jutted; jutting.
  • As in protrude : verb stick out
Example sentences :
  • We were sitting in a narrow balcony that seemed to jut out of a horn of the city's lovely crescent.
  • Extract from : « A Voyage of Consolation » by Sara Jeannette Duncan
  • It is girdled round by savage cliffs, which, on the northern side, jut out in a bold headland to the water's edge.
  • Extract from : « The Life of David » by Alexander Maclaren
  • Rocks, huge and picturesque, jut out into the stream, affording beautiful views of the river and the distant city.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The sun was tilting towards the west and shadows were beginning to jut out across the blazing sands.
  • Extract from : « The Fortieth Door » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • It has a sheer fall of about three hundred yards, and the rock in many places appears to jut out even with the bottom.
  • Extract from : « Wrestling and Wrestlers: » by Jacob Robinson
  • The bench on which I happened to be sitting was one of those pretty, little, covered seats, which jut out into the lake.
  • Extract from : « Richard Vandermarck » by Miriam Coles Harris
  • Eminences in swamps are also chosen for breeding places, and the ends of promontories that jut out into the water.
  • Extract from : « The Young Voyageurs » by Mayne Reid
  • The unemancipated workers construct steep, rocky dams that jut out into the free, unbridled sea.
  • Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
  • It is called Kebrabasa, and is described as a number of rocks which jut out across the stream.
  • Extract from : « Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa » by David Livingstone
  • On the piers which jut out into the rivers on all sides of the city, any one can see troupes of gamins every warm, pleasant day.
  • Extract from : « Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations » by William Howe

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