How to Use walk-on in a Sentence
walk-on
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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 -
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 | Cstephenson@al.com, 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 | Mheim@al.com, al, 27 July 2023 -
Hart gave him a walk-on role in Tumbleweeds, the director’s final film.
— Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023 -
All those possibilities were cast aside on the eve of signing day when UCLA offered him a spot as a walk-on.
— Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024 -
When the walk-ons joined the previous season, the team began filming a documentary, which is ongoing.
— Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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