How to Use walking stick in a Sentence

walking stick

noun
  • In her right hand is a walking stick.
    — Todd Melby, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
  • One picked up Lu’s walking stick and hurled it into the brush.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • Her father sat on the road in front of the police, walking stick in his lap.
    — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The old woman, a walking stick in her right hand, picks up her pace for a few steps, then slows again.
    — Andy Carey, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Chronic knee pain has prompted the use of a wheelchair and a walking stick.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Roberts makes wooden signs and inscribed walking sticks that are for sale at Knapp’s shop.
    — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Dec. 2017
  • But Deer, who has arthritis and uses a walking stick, is pushing through.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That’s when the woman raised her walking stick in a threatening manner.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Then, using his walking stick to poke around, Roberts unearthed a skull and called police.
    — Judy Rybak, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • There was a walking stick shoved into Hitler’s mouth and a wrench lodged deep into his temple.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
  • DuBose, carrying his brown walking stick, kept pace with the crowd.
    — Brittany McGee, ajc, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Speaking of walks, the walking stick, or cane, can be a collectible, as well as an assist in getting around.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2022
  • More recently he has been seen with a walking stick and sometimes uses a wheelchair.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
  • One doughty grey-haired woman in a woollen jumper leads her tribe down the broken walkway, her walking stick pointing the way.
    — Tom Rowley, 1843, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The video footage showed Robertson in a gas mask, wielding a long stick that his lawyers argued was just a walking stick.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 11 Apr. 2022
  • From then on, a walking stick regularly made an appearance in the monarch’s hand.
    — Louis Lucero Ii, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The sound of those walking sticks against the house’s wooden floors become an unnerving motif.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
  • In recent appearances, the British monarch has been seen using a walking stick.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2022
  • In a photo released by the palace, a smiling queen, holding a walking stick, shook hands with Truss.
    — Stephen Castle, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The couple used a walking stick to fend it off, and the cat bit and ate the end of the stick, according to wildlife officials.
    — Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019
  • From some angles, the bridge looks almost like a giant walking stick insect stepping over a rush of water.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The gramophone was there; his backpack and his walking stick; his mat rolled up as though there would be another evening and morning.
    — Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Among the photos were his pups, chicken coops covered in snow and David trekking through the terrain with a walking stick.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • This time, Wall entered the Publix using a golf putter as a walking stick.
    — NBC News, 12 June 2021
  • In the parking lot, Schenk offered us walking sticks for our hike, then led us through a gate in a chain-link fence meant to keep out wild pigs.
    — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • In her trademark blue bucket hat, with a walking stick by her side, Ramos is a wisp of a woman, her hazel eyes sparkling warmly.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2018
  • She was accompanied by her son, Prince Edward, and used her walking stick to make her way around.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 15 May 2022
  • Only through the power of Wicket's magic walking stick is Mace saved.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Later in the morning, she was driven to the main arena and was seen walking slowly to a lift, aided by a walking stick.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022
  • Tongkat ali, when translated from Malay to English, means Ali's walking stick.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022

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