How to Use walkabout in a Sentence

walkabout

noun
  • Many people gathered to meet the Queen during her walkabout.
  • If your pet went on an unplanned walkabout, would your neighbors be able to call you or bring them home?
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
  • From her first walkabouts, Diana reached out to the strangers who reached towards her.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • This may seem far-fetched, given that giant black holes aren’t known for going on walkabouts.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But then in the afternoon, when the sun peeked out, the royals stepped out of their cars for a walkabout.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • The walkabout has always been a part of their festivities in the area as well.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 28 Dec. 2022
  • There will be at least one walkabout and a walk along a cliff overlooking the Irish Sea.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The walkabout is a fixture of most royal tours and out-of-town visits, but that wasn't always the case.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Those eft walkabouts are a critical time to look for the best food while the juvenile newt grows and matures.
    — Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Karen kicks him out, and Harry’s punishment…is a month-long walkabout?
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Some gardens have wine and snacks set out, others are more of a walkabout situation.
    — Andrea Whittle, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2018
  • Meet at the campground entrance/overflow parking lot for this walkabout.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2024
  • My walkabout ended when a woman found me down by the Merced River.
    — Kenneth Brower, National Geographic, 25 Jan. 2016
  • Even with a massive crowd of fans, no one handles a walkabout quite like Prince Harry!
    — Maura Hohman, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2018
  • Enjoy the walkabout, and keep fighting the good fight, everybody.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Image The narrator begins to sleep most of the day and sometimes to go on walkabouts while blacked out.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 2 July 2018
  • Staffers will be on hand to explain the various types, techniques and aging process of the cheese at the walkabout tasting.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 20 June 2022
  • The event includes a garden walkabout to find plants, animals, and water.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • For his first Christmas walkabout, Louis looked adorable in a navy coat with a fur collar, paired with a short suit and knee-high socks.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The royal pair will then take a short walkabout to greet locals and have lunch with local dignitaries at Chester’s town hall.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2018
  • One went on a walkabout looking for ewes that took him five miles to the rim of a plateau overlooking Duck Valley.
    — Roger Phillips, idahostatesman, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Fitzpatrick located the goat on the oceanfront but apparently, the goat was not done with his walkabout.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Anne says in the film, speaking of the earliest iteration of the royal walkabout.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Here's the Duchess of Cambridge on her first-ever walkabout outside the UK.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The post featured a photo of Harry and Meghan during a recent walkabout, shaking hands with fans.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2019
  • The Duke and Duchess will also go on a short walkabout, enabling them to meet some of the local community for the first time.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Harry and Meghan will meet the public on a short walkabout to the Homecoming Centre next door.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 23 Sep. 2019
  • During the Fiji leg, a walkabout at an open-air market had to be cut short over the excessive numbers that had turned out to see Meghan.
    — Max Foster, CNN, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The animal was a 2-year-old from the Jackson County herd out on a walkabout, likely looking for a mate.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2021
  • They were then set to meet locals and students during a walkabout at the city’s famous Trinity College.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2018

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