How to Use toddle in a Sentence

toddle

verb
Definition of toddlenext
Synonyms for toddlenext
  • I toddled off to the pub for a pint.
  • The little boy toddled across the room.
  • She toddled off to bed.
  • The 2-year-old wants to toddle off on his own only to turn around and run back.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 12 July 2019
  • Reed toddled to the banks and threw rocks into the water, while Caleb held on to the back of his shirt to keep him from jumping in.
    — Kelly Sundberg, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2018
  • On my most recent visit, a child toddled through the grassy paths.
    — Mary Beth Albright, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2019
  • My son was toddling his way around the backstage with us in tow when tumbled out in front of Gord.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Manuel Areta then toddles over to her, throwing his head back to cry.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2018
  • Last month, the singer posted an adorable Instagram video of the siblings toddling down the street on the Fourth of July.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
  • When the toddler ran for the patio, the dad dashed after him, beer held aloft, toddling himself to avoid spillage.
    — Andrew Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Some children toddled through the crowd, chewing on hot dogs and rolling around an unopened can of Coke.
    — Lauren Hilgers, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
  • David toddled in major-league clubhouses from the age of 3.
    — Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The player is happy, the club are relieved to get rid and off the player toddles into the cash-rich sunset.
    — SI.com, 11 July 2019
  • Adams’ father was a minor-league ballplayer who had his son out playing catch about as soon as the boy could toddle to the plate ...
    — Brian Albrecht, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • In the clip, Chi impressively toddles around the room in the stiletto heels and heads over to the couch to grab a bag to complete her ensemble.
    — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 9 Mar. 2019
  • Released from my prone clutches and set safely up on the shore, the 5-year-old toddled off in her tangerine bathing suit.
    — Ellen Wayland-Smith, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Parents cradled some of the children in their arms; others toddled alongside the adults.
    — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 12 July 2018
  • Or somewhere out on the shore of Lake Washington, where children toddle at the water’s edge.
    — USA Today, 26 June 2023
  • One little boy spent much of the evening toddling about, his eyes firmly fixed on the ever-changing images at his tiny feet.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • No longer toddling, Ruya flitted through the room where Schwab and Bifituu were talking.
    — Rebecca Boone, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2018
  • Little children just beginning to toddle about were anxious to see the big boys fight.
    — al, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Many children, of course, toddle around after their fathers who coach.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Or Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross wondering aloud why the workers didn’t just toddle over to the bank and take out loans?
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2019
  • Bitcoin was once a true grassroots project, with ramshackle servers toddling along in people’s basements and dorm rooms.
    — David Z. Morris, Slate Magazine, 6 June 2017
  • And the toy-flinger toddled to another adult — the only man in the room without a baby in tow — to offer him a slightly moist green plastic doughnut.
    — Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 12 June 2018
  • As children toddled out of their parents' cars, some sheepishly walked through the center of a line of cheering teachers.
    — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 4 May 2018
  • But the room had no lock and her three-year-old toddled into the room any time her father’s attention drifted, running to hug her mother.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Why, then, do parents celebrate when their would-be toddler first begins to toddle?
    — David P. Barash, WSJ, 16 June 2021
  • Why, then, do parents celebrate when their would-be toddler first begins to toddle?
    — David P. Barash, WSJ, 16 June 2021
  • Kapua was toddling around the carpeted living room floor.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2018

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