cane

Example Sentences

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And they kept trying to take away my cane.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

An older Black woman saunters down Western, low and slow, holding a watermelon and mango cup in one hand and her cane in the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Susan, who has multiple sclerosis, walks with a cane, but one wouldn’t be surprised to see her wielding it as a rapier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Crouch, who walks with the aid of a cane, proudly wore a hat proclaiming that he was a veteran of the Vietnam war.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

A mouse of a certain age strode up with the aid of a matchstick cane, gold-topped.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck