walking

Example Sentences

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She had been out walking with her daughter, who was in a pushchair, and had recently left a farm shop on Station Road when she was struck from behind.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

In the early hours of 19 July 2003, a 33-year-old mother of two was walking home alone through a semi-rural part of Salford after a blazing row with her boyfriend.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Like walking museum plaques, they glided through rooms in silk brocade gowns, panniers extending their hips to improbable widths, dispensing facts about furnishings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“Those last scenes with me looking like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to get rid of those,” she said, referring to the documentary’s director, R.J.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

I don’t know how long I’ve been walking — minutes? hours? — before my bones rattle and I realize that I left my jacket behind.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam