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vb. (present participle of stand out English)
Usage examples of "standing out".
The spectacle of men with their feet and legs a mass of dry ulceration, which had reduced the flesh to putrescent deadness, and left the tendons standing out like cords, was too common to excite remark or even attention.
First I had been frightened at the idea of standing out in the middle of a high-speed highway.
Upon the ceiling were painted in blue characters a bewildering series of hieroglyphics and upon pedestals set against the walls or standing out well within the room were many human skulls.
Then, rounding a rugged promontory, they saw the age-old monastery standing out against the night sky upon the mountain slope above.
But then there were some sceptical Greeks and Romans, who, standing out from the orthodox pagans of their times, equally doubted the story of Hercules and the whale, and Arion and the dolphin.
An hour later the continent spread broadly before their gaze, still wild in aspect, but less flat, less denuded, and with a few trees standing out against the gray sky.
About eleven o'clock in the morning the Tropic of Capricorn was crossed on the thirty-seventh meridian, and we passed Cape Frio standing out to sea.
About four o'clock, Joe descried some object standing out against the vast background of sand, and soon was able to declare positively that there were two palm-trees at no great distance.
Resting in the recesses of the windows, they could discern, standing out dimly in the darkness, the vague outlines of the countless towers, domes, and spires which adorn the ancient city.
Sweat was standing out on her forehead, and she wiped it away on her sleeve as reaction weakened her knees.
But it seemed that standing out in the hall arguing with Nog would cause more problems.
Through the horrible phantasmagoria she flitted--a seductive vision, her piquant loveliness standing out richly in its black setting of murder and devilry.
Twenty minutes' rapid traveling, and a white mansion leaped into the line of sight, standing out vividly against its woody backing.
It was covered with houses, of which nothing was distinguishable but the obscure profile, standing out in strong relief in the dark from the light ground of the sky and the water.
The finishing touch was the four medallions inset around the side of the bowl, standing out in high relief.