How to Use walking stick in a Sentence
walking stick
noun-
Take a walking stick bug: each of its legs seems to have a mind of its own.
— Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2019 -
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 -
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 -
Good cop, bad cop The next day, Omar Ali was again at his wife's side, leaning on a long, carved walking stick.
— Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018 -
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 -
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 -
The prior week, she was seen using a walking stick at two engagements for the first time since knee surgery in 2013.
— Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021 -
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 -
Then, using his walking stick to poke around, Roberts unearthed a skull and called police.
— Judy Rybak, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Smith uses his walking stick to point out his favorites.
— Allen G. Breed, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018 -
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 -
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 -
Be the talk of the trail with a handcrafted, custom walking stick from Climbing Monkeys.
— Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, 24 June 2021 -
This time, Wall entered the Publix using a golf putter as a walking stick.
— NBC News, 12 June 2021 -
DuBose, carrying his brown walking stick, kept pace with the crowd.
— Brittany McGee, ajc, 22 Aug. 2021 -
Later in the morning, the Queen was driven to the main arena and was seen walking slowly to a lift, aided by a walking stick.
— Stephanie Petit and Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022 -
In recent appearances, the British monarch has been seen using a walking stick.
— Emily Burack, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2022 -
For the casual day, Anne wore a plaid shirt and tweed vest for the outing, while Sir Laurence, 64, sported a hat, blue shirt and walking stick.
— Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2019 -
McBride said Barnett needed a walking stick for walking that day at the Capitol.
— Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023 -
That’s when the woman raised her walking stick in a threatening manner.
— Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2021 -
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 -
The report suggests that Peanut, Hall's other dog, was without a leash, and that the man used a walking stick, not a baton, to hit Milo.
— Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 11 June 2018 -
In October, the monarch was spotted using a walking stick for support — a rare sight that served as a vivid reminder the queen is 95.
— Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021 -
The sound of those walking sticks against the house’s wooden floors become an unnerving motif.
— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
An elderly man with a walking stick shuffling around an outlet of M’s Pop Life, a chain of adult stores, can find much aimed at him.
— The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018 -
But Oedipus alone grasped the correct answer: a human being, which crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and uses a walking stick in old age.
— Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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