walking stick

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Recent Examples of walking stick Russian troops on walking sticks were targeted on the front line in Ukraine, a battlefield video appears to show. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 According to prosecutors, body camera footage and his own words, Barnett entered Pelosi’s office suite with a flagpole and a stun device concealed in a walking stick. Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 Just don’t forget to ask the staff about a brown bag lunch and pick up your walking stick, given to every guest upon arrival, before setting out into the woods. Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025 His friend Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov urges him to compose, using a walking stick to tickle him awake. Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for walking stick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walking stick
Noun
  • These included his miter and crozier, a pouch of commemorative coins, an official papal document known as the Rogito, a rosary and his fisherman's ring.
    Bethany Braun-Silva, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Dozens of bishops gathered outside, their white robes whipping in the wind as Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich struck the closed cathedral doors with his crozier, an ornate staff, to officially mark the cathedral’s reopening.
    Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • As Lee talked, the sounds of hammers on stone echoed in the background.
    Thessaly La Force, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2025
  • Most are shooting deaths, but one woman died from asphyxia after being beaten with a hammer, and a toddler died from exposure due to being neglected.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • World & Nation Notre Dame’s resurrection: Its chief architect on rebuilding France’s ‘heart’ in 5 years Dec. 6, 2024 The ceremony began with Ulrich symbolically reopening Notre Dame’s grand wooden doors, tapping them three times with his fire-scarred crosier.
    Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Indeed, their owner, from San Francisco, California, even caught the duo cuddling up on the sofa together, as Taco curled in the crook of the dog's legs.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • Scout your plants regularly, inspecting new growth, both the tops and bottoms of leaves, and in the crooks of stems.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The half ended with the Free Jacks once again putting the Sabercats under pressure, trying to force their way over the tryline through a rolling maul, and twice failing to score.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.
    Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Michelle has a chip on her shoulder and takes more of a dogged, sledgehammer approach.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • The mythical 19th-century figure who helped install railroad tracks by way of his sledgehammer skills, Henry has been saluted in literature (Colson Whitehead’s John Henry Days), dance (part of a program by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), and especially music.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The nocturnal insect is also known as the scarab beetle and is between one-half to an inch long.
    Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • That researcher wrote a report just on Mount Mansfield’s carabid beetles, and Narango’s team is identifying each species to compare results.
    Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025

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