How to Use training wheels in a Sentence

training wheels

plural noun
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  • Mac Jones still has the training wheels on, but it’s so far so good.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Beyond the braces, the 23-year-old is losing the training wheels.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 Feb. 2021
  • San Diego, at this point, is not a place for training wheels.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The early lead and the coaches not wanting to take the training wheels off his game?
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Asking for patience is fine and fair, but the time has come to remove the training wheels and risk a fall.
    — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Children must already know how to ride a bike, or the bike must have training wheels.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The training wheels are off, and the great adventure has begun.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2022
  • This option, unlike the two in Browse, didn’t come with training wheels.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Think of them first as training wheels, and second as a fail-safe backup.
    — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The Miata is the sports-car version of training wheels.
    — Car and Driver, 28 Nov. 2018
  • So, the earn-a-book program, well, that’s just the training wheels, the scaffolding through which learning takes place. ...
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The Mongoose Switch is made for kids who may start out on training wheels, but don’t intend to stay on them for very long.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 30 Sep. 2020
  • David has a bike with training wheels, as well as a ride-on pedal tractor and a scooter.
    — Ellie Delano, Woman's Day, 4 Apr. 2012
  • The sooner Shanahan takes the training wheels off his rookie, the better.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2021
  • At just $35 a pair, consider these the training wheels of the ugly sneaker trend.
    — Jake Woolf, GQ, 27 Sep. 2017
  • But Johnson’s had nearly four months to get the training wheels out from under him.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2020
  • So, there’s some reason to believe that sometime soon the Cubs can take off his training wheels.
    — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • Now in his fourth season with the Thunder, Gilgeous-Alexander is the face of a franchise that should come equipped with training wheels.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2022
  • O’Brien is kicking the training wheels off, for both Watson and himself.
    — Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Think of them as stiletto training wheels after a year out of practice.
    — Julia Gall, Marie Claire, 26 May 2021
  • Like strapping training wheels to my bike and exploring a new cul-de-sac.
    — Rebecca Woolf, refinery29.com, 17 June 2021
  • Bob Chapek essentially has training wheels on for the next two years.
    — New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
  • And the next was a message for an 8-year-old-girl who had just gotten her training wheels off her bicycle.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Some of us were riding bicycles with training wheels at the age of five while others were learning how to throw down in the kitchen.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 29 June 2022
  • The sprout route: for under 6 years old, usually with training wheels.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 10 June 2019
  • Ideally, for the Bruins’ future, Swayman’s training wheels would be ready to come off, and the choice would be clear.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2021
  • And he’s Washington-ready, not a naïve outsider who needs D.C. training wheels.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The room is filled with Lego sets, Barbies, and bicycles with training wheels.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This one comes with training wheels and is available in various sizes and colors.
    — Anna Lane, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Demon Slayer has no such training wheels and shows no such mercy.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 28 June 2021

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