How to Use tricycle in a Sentence

tricycle

noun
Definition of tricyclenext
  • And all the kids want balls to bounce, tricycles to ride.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The victim backed up and fell to the ground, at which time the suspects fled with the man’s tricycle.
    — Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
  • The guy is riding the tricycle on the sidewalk like I [would be].
    — Brittany Britto, baltimoresun.com, 31 May 2017
  • But my shot was Rocky on a tricycle cycling away from the camera over the hill.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Another man who helped build the tricycle was blamed for the crime.
    — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2018
  • In the hallways there are a few signs of life—tricycles, slippers and pink children’s shoes in front of some doors.
    — Dominique Fong, WSJ, 15 June 2018
  • The April 1 clue was a tricycle, which some thought could signify that the person under the mask is a triple threat.
    — Leah Rocketto, Woman's Day, 21 May 2020
  • The man on the tricycle had ridden into the street midway down the block when a car, driving northbound, struck him.
    — Emily Goodykoontz | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2019
  • And the Gators resemble a tricycle with a missing front wheel.
    — Andrew Astleford, ajc, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Lawrence, as always, steals the show, leaving the set on a tiny tricycle and breaking it in the process, sort of like if Chris Hemsworth tried to top Leslie Jordan.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2021
  • In one yard, a plastic tricycle lies upended, its pedals in the air ready to spin away to nowhere.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 16 May 2017
  • The make/model are unknown, but it was described as a blue adult tricycle.
    — Julie A. Short/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 15 June 2017
  • A group of tricycle taxi drivers found him dumped by the side of a deserted road and took him to a hospital.
    — Krishan Francis, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2017
  • Eddie, two and a half, was peddling his tricycle along, trying to keep up with the older boys.
    — Samme Chittum, Smithsonian, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Several steps away, a child-sized doll dressed in a stained sailor shirt sits on a battered red tricycle.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • From there, fleets of electric tricycles carry the packages to homes.
    — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Even though some didn’t speak the same language, small kids pedaled, laughed and raced down the corridor on tricycles.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The winning design showed him riding a pink tricycle while holding on to a taxi.
    — Chris Thilk, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2018
  • News reports said the road in front of the explosion site was busy with people and tricycle rickshaws.
    — Fox News, 19 Nov. 2019
  • In one photo, Newman goofed around, sitting on the tricycle of one of their daughters.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The rusty tricycle that accents a corner in the living room belonged to her late mother, Dee.
    — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Mom told of my excitedly talking about the tricycle all the way home.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 8 Dec. 2019
  • First a robot carries a food order from a restaurant’s counter to the street, where it is then picked up by a courier on a tricycle.
    — Jon Porter, The Verge, 17 Dec. 2018
  • At the base was an overturned tricycle and, at the top, a few empty Corona bottles, but otherwise the area was free of refuse.
    — Rachel Poser, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The plane uses a retractable tricycle type of landing gear that employs a nose wheel instead of a tail wheel.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2021
  • The Ramona of my youth had round cheeks and leaned forward into her tricycle; she was drawn by Louis Darling.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
  • This endeavor is like selling T-shirts the way a tricycle is like a Ducati, Dickson said.
    — Washington Post, 7 May 2022
  • Bikes available include four 19-inch bikes and one three-speed adult tricycle.
    — cleveland, 22 May 2021
  • Disney hopes that their Judy Hopps robot will soon be able to use the help of a robotic tricycle, crate, or skateboard to enable new forms of locomotion.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The GIFs below show some early attempts at riding a tricycle, skateboarding, and pushing a crate.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024

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