all walks of life

idiom

variants or every walk of life

—used to refer to people who have many different jobs or positions in society

—usually used with from

People from all walks of life came to the carnival.

Thousands of worshippers from every walk of life joined together in prayer.

—sometimes used with of or in in U.S. English

Children of every walk of life attend this school.

people in all walks of life

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More than 9,000 submissions from people from all walks of life. —

Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025 Read the full note, which was obtained by Variety, below. Executive Leaders, For over 100 years, Disney has entertained and inspired generations of families from all walks of life around the world. —

Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025 Full memo: Executive Leaders, For over 100 years, Disney has entertained and inspired generations of families from all walks of life around the world. —

Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025 That’s important, because that’s what filmmaking is best at: portraying all walks of life. —

Erin Clack, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for all walks of life

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