His face was lean and haggard, and his brown parchment-like skin was drawn tightly over the projecting bones.
Source: tatoeba (6310212)
Projecting
//pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ//
Synonyms for "projecting" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- издаден adj (sticking out)
- изпъкнал adj (sticking out)
Catalan
1 entries- voladís adj (sticking out)
Finnish
3 entries- esiin pistävä adj (sticking out)
- törröttävä adj (sticking out)
- ulkoneva adj (sticking out)
French
1 entries- saillant adj (sticking out)
Hungarian
2 entries- kiszögellő adj (sticking out)
- kiálló adj (sticking out)
Italian
1 entries- sporgente adj (sticking out)
Latin
2 entries- minax adj (sticking out)
- prōminens adj (sticking out)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- framspringende adj (sticking out)
Swedish
4 entries- framskjutande adj (sticking out)
- utskjutande adj (sticking out)
- utstickande adj (sticking out)
- utstående adj (sticking out)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He was an elderly man, with a thin, projecting nose, a high, bald forehead, and a huge grizzled moustache.
Source: tatoeba (7453213)
Today, the largest uncertainty in projecting future climate conditions is the level of greenhouse gas emissions going forward. Future global greenhouse gas emissions levels and resulting impacts depend on economic, political, and demographic factors that can be difficult to predict with confidence far into the future.
Source: tatoeba (7523738)
I rubbed my eyes to see the image projecting in front of me.
Source: tatoeba (9870588)
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