Explore Moonwalk through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like step or walk. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Moonwalk meaning
- An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot by an astronaut.
- Activity on the Moon, outside any moonbase, exposed to space, by an astronaut
- A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.
Using Moonwalk
- The main meaning on this page is: An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot by an astronaut. | Activity on the Moon, outside any moonbase, exposed to space, by an astronaut | A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.
- Useful related words include: dance step, step, walk.
- In the example corpus, moonwalk often appears in combinations such as: the moonwalk, first moonwalk, moonwalk was.
Context around Moonwalk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Moonwalk
- In this selection, "moonwalk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first, final, third, ended and became stand out and add context to how "moonwalk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and final moonwalk of the and armstrong s moonwalk was widely. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "moonwalk" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with moonwalk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Schmitt falls while on a Moonwalk. (6 words)
He’s got the look, the moonwalk and the voice! (10 words)
The crew completed this moonwalk after seven hours and thirty-seven minutes. (12 words)
The LM touched down on the lunar surface at 2:55 pm EST on December 11. Shortly thereafter, the two astronauts began re-configuring the LM for their stay on the surface and began preparations for the first moonwalk of the mission, or EVA-1. (45 words)
Dot Crater at Station 16 was named for his wife. citation Flight day seven was their third and final day on the lunar surface, returning to orbit to rejoin Mattingly in the Command/Service Module following the day's moonwalk. (40 words)
Northam’s career, by contrast, appears to have ended with a press conference in which he was on the verge of reenacting Michael Jackson’s moonwalk at the prodding of a reporter until his wife stopped him. (37 words)
He’s got the look, the moonwalk and the voice! (10 words)
Example sentences (17)
Luckily, they managed to moonwalk back to each other, and nine years on the couple - in life and music - are one half of the music powerhouse which is Joan and the Giants.
The mission, which coincided with the 50th anniversary year of Neil Armstrong's first moonwalk, ended in disappointment when the lander went silent just 2.1km from touchdown.
Harry remarked to one student, who was working on a piece about pop singer Michael Jackson, that 'everybody wants to know how to Moonwalk'.
He’s got the look, the moonwalk and the voice!
Northam’s career, by contrast, appears to have ended with a press conference in which he was on the verge of reenacting Michael Jackson’s moonwalk at the prodding of a reporter until his wife stopped him.
Miz latches on a sleeper before capitalising with back/neckbreaker, then mocks Carmella by performing a moonwalk.
The controversy followed the film’s press conference in Venice last month, when star Ryan Gosling said he believed Armstrong’s moonwalk “was widely regarded not as an American, but as a human achievement”.
The moonwalk became Jackson's signature move and many stars and fans tried to replicate it.
After preparations for the day's moonwalk were completed, the astronauts climbed out of the Lunar Module.
Dot Crater at Station 16 was named for his wife. citation Flight day seven was their third and final day on the lunar surface, returning to orbit to rejoin Mattingly in the Command/Service Module following the day's moonwalk.
In order to improve Young's and Duke's sleep schedule, the third and final moonwalk of the mission was trimmed from seven hours to five.
Schmitt falls while on a Moonwalk.
The crew completed this moonwalk after seven hours and thirty-seven minutes.
The LM touched down on the lunar surface at 2:55 pm EST on December 11. Shortly thereafter, the two astronauts began re-configuring the LM for their stay on the surface and began preparations for the first moonwalk of the mission, or EVA-1.
The pair's first task of the moonwalk was to unload the Lunar Roving Vehicle, the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph (UVC), citation and other equipment, from the Lunar Module.
The third moonwalk, the last of the Apollo program, began at 5:26 pm EST on December 13. During this excursion, the crew collected convert of lunar samples and took nine gravimeter measurements.
Training MoonWalk is a nocturnal charity marathon to raise money for breast cancer research.
Common combinations with moonwalk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the moonwalk 5×
- first moonwalk 2×
- moonwalk was 2×
- day's moonwalk 2×
- moonwalk of 2×