WALK in a Sentence

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1. I can't walk about in this heat.
2. You cannot make a crab walk straight.
3. We had to walk across a ploughed field.
4. Don't try to walk before you can crawl.
5. The old man cannot walk without a stick.

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 Meanings and Examples of WALK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
walk
 v.  move along on foot, advance by steps
 v.  accompany on foot
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I began to walk about the room, examining various indefinite objects in the half darkness.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  He broke off and began to walk up and down a desolate path of fruit rinds and discarded favors and crushed flowers.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  It imparted to the wearer a kind of sacredness, which enabled her to walk securely amid all peril.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
4  This effervescence made her flit with a bird-like movement, rather than walk by her mother's side.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
5  The evening was warm and serene, and we prolonged our walk farther than usual.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  Sir John wanted the whole family to walk to the Park directly and look at his guests.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
7  During our walk, Clerval endeavoured to say a few words of consolation; he could only express his heartfelt sympathy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  We arrived there at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and had very little way to walk to Mr. Pocket's house.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
9  We used to walk between the two places at all hours.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXV
10  I so shaped out my walk as to arrive at the gate at my old time.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
11  It struck me that Wemmick walked among the prisoners much as a gardener might walk among his plants.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXII
12  I went down early in the morning, and alighted at the Blue Boar in good time to walk over to the forge.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXV
13  It was a comfort to shake hands upon it, and walk up and down again, with only that done.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLI
14  For a while, I hid myself among some lanes and by-paths, and then struck off to walk all the way to London.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIV
15  As we are going in the same direction, Pip, we may walk together.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLVIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  We had to walk across a ploughed field.
17  Don't walk across that field, it's a bog.
18  As for me, if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.
19  The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point where he can walk correctly and safely.
20  Don't try to walk before you can crawl.
21  He conceded us the right to walk through his land.
22  Let' s go for a walk instead of playing video games.
23  You cannot make a crab walk straight.
24  He who wants a mule without fault, must walk on foot.
25  Children here walk several miles to school.
26  The old man cannot walk without a stick.
27  He started to walk faster and the children had to run to keep up.
28  You can't just walk away from a marriage at the first sign of a problem.
29  In case of fire, walk quickly to the nearest door.
30  I can't walk about in this heat.