walk-on

Example Sentences

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After years of learning the techniques of a long snapper, Olson earned a first-string spot at the position for Orange Lutheran and joined the Trojans in 2015 as a walk-on player.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

“If I did nothing but eat and lift for six months,” a football fan might fantasize, “I could be a walk-on at the next Jets training camp.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

That makes me excited to wake up and do the whole, like, walk-on or whatever.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

At a charity ball earlier this year tied to the Cannes film festival, Durov paid 400,000 euros in an auction to win Vavilova a walk-on role in a Spike Lee movie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

I could guess how she'd set the stage for my weekly call, and if I found myself with anything more than a walk-on part in a mob scene I'd be lucky.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster