How to Use walk on in a Sentence

walk on

1 of 2 verb
  • Want to take a walk on the wild side?
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Ready to take a walk on the wide-leg side?
    — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Others want to walk on the moon.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Twelve of them walked on the surface.
    — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
  • That was like walking on clouds.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Four of them walked on its surface.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The front office walks on eggshells around him.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Take a slow walk on the wide beaches at low tide.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This bob feels like a subtle walk on the wild side.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2026
  • No one was expecting a walk on the beach.
    — Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Avoid walking on soil in beds, borders and the lawn.
    — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The tour involves up to two hours of walking on light trails.
    — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Summer is here – the perfect time to take a walk on a beach.
    — Melissa Scanlan, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
  • It can be used as turf replacement and can be mowed and walked on.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Dogs should also be walked on short leashes.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Avoid walking on the trail barefoot or in open-toed shoes.
    — Jasmine Mendez follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Each step feels like walking on clouds thanks to the plush foam midsole.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • Secure this deal now and finally walk on floors that feel fresh.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Matt Shaw then walked on five pitches to force home the winning run.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • There are a few more tricky doglegs, and the par 3’s – at least most of them – are no walk on the beach.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026
  • Pets walk on the wet floor and then lick their paws, ingesting the problem oils.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
  • For the first time, people walked on another world.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
  • Isaacman was born more than a decade after the last time humans walked on the moon.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • That led to an invitation to walk on.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Avoid walking on garden beds throughout this process.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 25 May 2026
  • Pine straw is too slippery to walk on, so skip it when mulching these high-traffic areas.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Standing there waiting to get your moment to walk on to a talent show.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Acuna walked on five pitches to lead off the inning and then stole second.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the bridges are full size, allowing visitors to walk on them.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • With a kind of funny shrug, Bona walks on stage with his bass guitar strapped across his body.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026

walk-on

2 of 2 noun
  • His academics helped keep him on the field as a walk-on nose tacle.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
  • In the future, no walk-ons are allowed.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
  • Butcher is a preferred walk-on, but he’s proven able to boot the ball a long way.
    — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
  • Check out a tweet with footage of the Survivor walk-on below.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In any story of success, failure has had at least a walk-on role.
    — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The former walk-on spent the bulk of his college career as a depth arm.
    — Mike Kaye march 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This all creates a math problem for the two dozen walk-ons on the roster.
    — Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Mestemaker is a former walk-on who wasn’t even a full-time starter on his high school team.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Moore was once a walk-on at NIU himself.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Pichardo was a freshman walk-on, and was not promised any playing time.
    — Meg Oliver, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The rest of the group is comprised of walk-ons or incoming freshmen.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
  • But a walk-on pass to the 50-yard line at a Patriots game?
    — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026
  • Check out the Tonight Show walk-on, preview video and tour dates below.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The matter was not on the city’s agenda but was brought on as a walk-on item at the top of the meeting.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • That has meant the Wolf position has been largely filled by walk-ons this spring.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Will Thengvall is grandfathered in as a walk-on.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026
  • Gets a small walk-on role and understudies the lead, and then the top dog loses his voice.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The brand also shares that one attendee has the chance to win a walk-on role in a Mahogany film.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
  • That and his son, Steven Izzo, plans to come back for a fifth season as a walk-on guard.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
  • O’Dell is a walk-on who rose to backup QB on last season’s depth chart.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Coming out of high school, nobody else gave me a walk-on chance, just FIU.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The bench was thrilled for the walk-on from Bristol, who hadn’t scored in his two seasons with the Huskies.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
  • That leaves sophomore walk-on Will Thengvall, who played in just six games, failing to score.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Phelps arrived at Boise State as a walk-on and was treated as a defensive back at first.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Junior-to-be Will Thengvall is grandfathered in as a walk-on.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
  • Hart gave him a walk-on role in Tumbleweeds, the director’s final film.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Beau was a high school standout as well and a walk-on to UNC’s basketball team.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The country superstar bid on, and won, a walk-on role for a future Mark Wahlberg movie.
    — Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
  • Freshman, senior, junior, walk-on guy getting a ton of Rev money, none of that counts.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Then Sven Djopmo, a French walk-on who hasn’t played more than four minutes in a game all year.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026

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