Sentence examples for on a cane from inspiring English sources

A little way up the road, we overtook an old man hobbling along on a cane.

As the arthritis worsened leading up to my surgery, I relied first on a cane, then used one crutch, and eventually needed two crutches.

"They were Georgians," said an old man one house down, who was leaning on a cane.

He underwent his fourth surgery less than a month ago and continues to rely on a cane as he learns to walk again.

Outside the grand jury room yesterday, Billy Wayne Posey, one of the men convicted in the federal trial, leaned on a cane and complained about being subpoenaed.

On one occasion, he said, the defense attorney walked in with a limp, leaning on a cane, and blamed his being late on a knee injury.

It's only a feeble old geezer on a cane.

"On y va!" he instructs, leaning dapperly on a cane.

Cheney was shorter and heavier than I expected, and he was leaning on a cane.

She walked unsteadily into court, leaning on a cane and appearing wobbly and distraught.

There was a Chinese pheasant on a cane-topped coffee table.