walking stick
Example Sentences
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She said her family could not afford rents elsewhere in Lebanon, and she worried about moving her elderly parents and husband, who uses a walking stick, into a shelter.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Around 2016, he lost the ability to play golf, a longtime passion, and relied on a walking stick.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
It was the sitcom analogue to Conan Doyle’s “the trick,” the term for when Sherlock Holmes would dazzle Dr. Watson by telling him everything about someone just by looking at their walking stick.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
Striding forward, his sturdy right hand clutches a knobby wooden walking stick, cut from a tree branch and stripped.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
He handed me the walking stick and smiled, only then standing to his full height.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
