all walks of life

idiom

variants or every walk of life

—used to refer to people who have many different jobs or positions in society

—usually used with from

People from all walks of life came to the carnival.

Thousands of worshippers from every walk of life joined together in prayer.

—sometimes used with of or in in U.S. English

Children of every walk of life attend this school.

people in all walks of life

Examples of all walks of life in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Across three days, more than 20,000 people from all walks of life will gather to celebrate the beauty, strength and spirit of the African Diaspora. —Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 9 July 2025

Our members come from all walks of life, and many of them don’t have jobs with sick days and don’t have the luxury of working at home. —Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 June 2025

The military’s surprise triumph sparked a wave of nationalist fervor that has united Pakistanis from all walks of life. —Hasan Ali, Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2025

Each summer for more than a decade, Jim gathers 40 of the state’s young leaders, many of whom are now lawmakers, from all walks of life, political persuasions and geography. —Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025

Rhymes for all walks of life

• afterlife
• pocketknife
• alewife
• birdlife
• folklife
• housewife
• jackknife
• loosestrife
• midlife
• midwife
• nightlife
• penknife