walking stick
Example Sentences
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With the help of a walking stick, Bare visited her most beloved part of the farm on a recent morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"When I opened it in the seventies, I was still a young man... now nothing is left," he said, leaning heavily on a walking stick and surveying the vast destruction.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 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
Dad, sitting in a chair and holding a walking stick as if it were a tiller, would bark out orders while maneuvering his imaginary craft around a tricky harbor.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
