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1733 E. Budgell Bee II. 900 Instances of this Nature are frequent in every Walk of Life.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 287 Those who are placed in the higher walks of life.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 97/2 The walk of life from which writers are to come should be duly weighed as they are in future, perhaps, to become directors, and probably legislators of India.

1905 Zion's Herald 22 Nov. 1476/1 The radical feminists desire not to abolish marriage, but thoroughly reform it, revolting at the idea of the ‘domestic slavery’ which now oppresses so many women in all walks of life.

1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xxiii. 268 She's one of these society ladies who, if they were born in a lower walk of life, would set up for themselves in a rather exclusive way, but well within the meaning of the act.

1989 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 65/1 Super Royal Jelly capsules are in great demand from people of all walks of life from the average man through to Royalty.

?1746 T. Cooke Comedys of Plautus I. Pref. p. viii That College..has been fruitful of extraordinary Men who have adorned their different Walks of Life.

1787 C. Barlee Strictures on Two Disc. ii. 10 On your left hand, in solemn state, the corporation awaits your instruction; men respectable, very respectable in their different walks of life.

1803 Times 22 Jan. 1/2 The Latin and Greek Classics,..and such introduction to the Sciences as may be suitable to the Pupils' age, or necessary to the walk of life for which they may be intended.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 307 They found every walk of life towards which men of their habits could look for a subsistence closed against them with malignant care.

1861 J. Bright in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 162 75 Of course there are men of genius in very objectionable walks of life.

1912 Sat. Rev. 18 May 615/1 Emolument far greater than what was possible for them in any other walk of life.

1965 C. Himes Cotton comes to Harlem v. 33 They had stool pigeons from all walks of life: criminals, straight men and squares.

2004 Radio Times 21 Aug. (Midlands ed.) 96/4 He talks to people from all walks of life, including a pirate radio DJ, a criminal lawyer, a former drug dealer, a university student, an ex-Yardie and a probation officer.