How to Use walk-on in a Sentence

walk-on

noun

• Class might have a chance to walk-on at San Diego State.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
• Check out a tweet with footage of the Survivor walk-on below.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2023
• 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
• Check out the Tonight Show walk-on, preview video and tour dates below.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024
• 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
• The Star was told by a source that Shelby will start his KU career as a walk-on.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
• Hank The Dog was a walk-on for the Milwaukee Brewers after the team found him in 2014.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Isaac is a freshman at UW, a walk-on on the basketball team.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 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
• O’Dell, a 6-foot-2 walk-on from La Puente, has been Mayden’s backup most of the season.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 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
• Rick Neuheisel went from walk-on to Rose Bowl champion.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• The walk-on nobody had heard of before Wednesday night threatened to sue the New York Times.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
• That has meant the Wolf position has been largely filled by walk-ons this spring.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 28 Mar. 2023
• In any story of success, failure has had at least a walk-on role.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
• But the Aztecs iced it on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Mayden to walk-on running back Leo Kemp with 2:54 to play.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
• Sophomore walk-on Martin Blake made some noise at the end of the spring game and is intriguing as well.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
• Pichardo was a freshman walk-on, and was not promised any playing time.
  — Meg Oliver, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023
• The country superstar bid on, and won, a walk-on role for a future Mark Wahlberg movie.
  — Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
• Boehm was recruited to the SEC program as a preferred walk-on.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• The final touchdown of the game was a 75-yard deep throw from walk-on Cole Tannenbaum to Riley.
  — Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
• Trent Dilfer and his staff signed a slew of receivers in the offseason and added a few more walk-ons this summer.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 10 July 2023
• But Hall’s attorney, Richard Hornsby, says Hall was set to join the team as a walk-on in the spring semester.
  — Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
• It was founded in 2003 by Brandon Landry and Jack Warner, a pair of walk-ons for the men’s basketball team.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2023
• Now, the former third-string (and one-time walk-on) quarterback is the likely backup for star QB Jalon Daniels.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
• Swinney, the former Alabama walk-on, though, like most coaches, wants to keep the focus on the first game of the season.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2023
• Hart gave him a walk-on role in Tumbleweeds, the director’s final film.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• All those possibilities were cast aside on the eve of signing day when UCLA offered him a spot as a walk-on.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• One factor may be that Harris, a walk-on candidate, has had less public exposure until now.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024