How to Use walk-on in a Sentence

walk-on

noun
  • Class might have a chance to walk-on at San Diego State.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Check out a tweet with footage of the Survivor walk-on below.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The bench was thrilled for the walk-on from Bristol, who hadn’t scored in his two seasons with the Huskies.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
  • This all creates a math problem for the two dozen walk-ons on the roster.
    — Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Check out the Tonight Show walk-on, preview video and tour dates below.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The brand also shares that one attendee has the chance to win a walk-on role in a Mahogany film.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Star was told by a source that Shelby will start his KU career as a walk-on.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
  • Hank The Dog was a walk-on for the Milwaukee Brewers after the team found him in 2014.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
  • That and his son, Steven Izzo, plans to come back for a fifth season as a walk-on guard.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Isaac is a freshman at UW, a walk-on on the basketball team.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
  • O’Dell is a walk-on who rose to backup QB on last season’s depth chart.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • O’Dell, a 6-foot-2 walk-on from La Puente, has been Mayden’s backup most of the season.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Beau was a high school standout as well and a walk-on to UNC’s basketball team.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Rick Neuheisel went from walk-on to Rose Bowl champion.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The walk-on nobody had heard of before Wednesday night threatened to sue the New York Times.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • That has meant the Wolf position has been largely filled by walk-ons this spring.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In any story of success, failure has had at least a walk-on role.
    — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But the Aztecs iced it on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Mayden to walk-on running back Leo Kemp with 2:54 to play.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Sophomore walk-on Martin Blake made some noise at the end of the spring game and is intriguing as well.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • Pichardo was a freshman walk-on, and was not promised any playing time.
    — Meg Oliver, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The country superstar bid on, and won, a walk-on role for a future Mark Wahlberg movie.
    — Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
  • Boehm was recruited to the SEC program as a preferred walk-on.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The final touchdown of the game was a 75-yard deep throw from walk-on Cole Tannenbaum to Riley.
    — Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Trent Dilfer and his staff signed a slew of receivers in the offseason and added a few more walk-ons this summer.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 10 July 2023
  • But Hall’s attorney, Richard Hornsby, says Hall was set to join the team as a walk-on in the spring semester.
    — Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
  • It was founded in 2003 by Brandon Landry and Jack Warner, a pair of walk-ons for the men’s basketball team.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2023
  • Now, the former third-string (and one-time walk-on) quarterback is the likely backup for star QB Jalon Daniels.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Swinney, the former Alabama walk-on, though, like most coaches, wants to keep the focus on the first game of the season.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 27 July 2023
  • Steven joined his father’s team as a walk-on in 2019 and shared during media day that playing for his dad was always a dream of his.
    — Alexandra Hurtado, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The agreement covers actors, walk-on and supporting artists, dancers, stunt performers, puppeteers and singers.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2025

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