walk-on part
Example Sentences
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How it happened is a tale of speculation, the oil panic and the rotating winners from artificial intelligence, with a walk-on part for the weird way indexes work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Nakadai had a walk-on part in Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" but later effectively replaced Toshiro Mifune as the famed director's go-to leading man after Mifune went his own way.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Columnist Glenn Whipp and film editor Joshua Rothkopf sat down to discuss the pros and cons of AMPAS’ latest walk-on part: an Oscar to celebrate a long-unsung aspect of moviemaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
It gave popular TikToker Michael Le a walk-on part in the film and enlisted TikTok content creators to share behind-the-scenes footage before the film’s release.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2023
If they are to have anything more than a mere walk-on part, they should very quickly explain themselves.
From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Flora Klickmann
