How to Use walk in on in a Sentence

walk in on

phrasal verb

• When Moore walks in on him, Freundlich throws his hands in the air.
  — Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The scene then cut back to the past as Meemaw walked in on Dale playing the guitar in the living room.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
• Viewers are advised not to walk in on an empty stomach.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
• Police walked in on that hot summer day in 1962 and saw a racing legend slumped over in his bedroom with two bullet wounds to the chest.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2023
• Paramedics have brought the vast majority of patients to the center — the others come via friends or family or walk in on their own.
  — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• The teaser imagined the producer walking in on Maitlis doing her makeup, and the anchor deeply sighed.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• When another guard walked in on them in the shower, the man said, the second guard left after the abuser said there was nothing happening.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Listen up towards the end after Tanya’s mom returns home from vacation and walks in on the fashion show her daughter’s hosting.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
• But the scene that encapsulates his deft hand with the genre is one in which his character, Howard, walks in on Streisand's Judy in the bath, swiftly dropping his pants in shock, leaving him in nothing but his boxer shorts and his bow tie.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023
• At the afterparty, Charity walked in on Brayden and Aaron bickering.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• Bella just can’t understand why Godwin’s maid is horrified to walk in on her pleasuring herself at the breakfast table with an apple.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
• The rom-com’s trailer puts the hilarious awkwardness of this unusual circumstance on full display, with one notable scene from the trailer showing Zara walking in on an intimate moment between Kidman and Efron's characters.
  — Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024

Last Updated: 16 Aug 2024