jutted; jutting
: to extend out, up, or forward : project
mountains jutting into the sky
a jutting jaw
: to cause to project
: something that juts : projection
Examples of jut in a Sentence
Verb
mountains jutting into the sky
the sandbar juts out into the ocean
Noun
Cape Fear is one of the more colorfully named juts along the North Carolina coast.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Long Point is located on a peninsula jutting out into Lake Erie.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Running full speed and having an awareness to be where that wall juts directly back is something that nobody really has to deal with in this game.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Nearly two years later, there’s still evidence at the crime scene that shook this small island country — ash on jutting rocks, melted scraps of plastic and fabric scattered in the verdant shrubbery where wild dogs stalk giant lizards.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Long Point is located on a peninsula jutting out into Lake Erie.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
To this day, the sidewalk in front of the small brick building juts out into Central Avenue — a physical reminder of Betsy’s fight to keep her property intact.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Running full speed and having an awareness to be where that wall juts directly back is something that nobody really has to deal with in this game.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Jut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jut. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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