walk-on
Example Sentences
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At Notre Dame: The movie “Rudy” immortalizes a real-life 1975 Notre Dame-Georgia Tech game in which a walk-on football player and a teammate sacked the opposing quarterback, helping the Fighting Irish win 24-3.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
That makes me excited to wake up and do the whole, like, walk-on or whatever.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
USC was stellar in the kicking game, as former walk-on Ryon Sayeri knocked through a school record 21 field goals.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
At a charity ball earlier this year tied to the Cannes film festival, Durov paid 400,000 euros in an auction to win Vavilova a walk-on role in a Spike Lee movie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
I could guess how she'd set the stage for my weekly call, and if I found myself with anything more than a walk-on part in a mob scene I'd be lucky.
From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster
