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Discover LudwigThe phrase "aid of a stick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to using a stick as a tool or support for assistance, often in the context of walking or performing a task.
Example: "He walked with the aid of a stick after his injury, finding it easier to maintain his balance."
Alternatives: "with the help of a stick" or "using a stick for support".
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He walks with the aid of a stick, but he is steady on his feet and unhesitant in the slippery mud.
Just after 10pm, Lapshyn came across Mohammed Saleem, 82, a grandfather walking the few hundred yards from a mosque to his home with the aid of a stick.
At 64, Collins looks less than ever like a pop star: bald and bespectacled in checked shirt and jeans, walking slowly with the aid of a stick.
The drop was only 10 feet but it left him hospitalised for six months and now he walks with the aid of a stick.
Polio, contracted when he was 13, cut short an "unpromising" sporting career: in future he could only walk with the aid of a stick.
Geraldine had some sort of paralysis, and for almost a year had been able to walk only a few steps with the aid of a stick.
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He can only walk a matter of yards with the aid of a walking stick or frame.
Mr. Lodukolo was a frail 95 years old by then, getting around with the aid of a walking stick.
Yet despite the aid of a walking stick – "I hate it," Platten says – she remains fiercely independent.
On Monday, the defendant, identified only as Johann R, entered the regional court of Münster in a wheelchair, with the aid of a walking stick, to face charges of being an accessory to the murders of several hundred camp prisoners.
"We give you this power, this shield to protect the country," the leader of the group said solemnly as Mr. Wine struggled to his feet with the aid of a walking stick.
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