How to Use tyke in a Sentence

tyke

noun
Definition of tykenext
Synonyms for tykenext
  • Will the 1,000 tykes left in the cold agree that this is a success?
    — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The little spiked tykes aren’t common to the home kitchen.
    — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 19 June 2019
  • The show is sweet and funny for the tyke (and the parents forced to watch the episodes a dozen or so times).
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • The last tykes from Winks with the Sphinx have been roused from dusty slumber and sent home.
    — Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com, 5 July 2018
  • The spunky tyke knows how to find his favorite YouTube videos on his mom’s iPad.
    — Susan Keating, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2019
  • The kids' moms had their two tykes reunite for a play date about a week after the flight.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 May 2018
  • Many of the toddlers and tykes were new to the fest scene, however, and didn't know to pace themselves.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, latimes.com, 25 June 2017
  • Hear what the parents have to say and get the backstory of this aquatic tyke.
    — Brett Harman, CNN, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The tyke shocked the carnival worker, making three shots in a row.
    — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2018
  • There's no daycare involved, and no extra charge for bringing the tykes.
    — Katie Parsons, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • To Be Named Later (tykes born after 2012, and good luck plucking a new letter).
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The plush horse has fun sound effects, a beautiful design, and a padded seat to help your tyke safely sit up.
    — Marlisse Cepeda, Woman's Day, 2 Dec. 2015
  • Here is the one about the precocious tyke who convinced her family to take a chance on a deaf puppy.
    — Washington Post, 25 June 2021
  • Jung began twirling as a tyke because her mother twirled.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2020
  • That’s when the tykes playing Pop Warner football were typically the best athletes on the field and couldn’t tote the rock enough.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
  • Shook hands with bearded bikers and little tykes alike.
    — USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • Its tyke stars, shut out of the official Magic Kingdom, create one of their own.
    — Chris Vognar, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2017
  • One Minnesota tyke served for two terms before getting ousted at the age of five.
    — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The tyke star-jumps, burpees and then fearlessly jumps into pool – before getting straight back out to repeat the regime all over again.
    — Jacob McAdams, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018
  • For the budding Italian jet-setter, there are few options as suave as this tyke-sized Vespa.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 22 Nov. 2022
  • There’s bad news not just for the candy-loving tykes but for adult Halloween revelers, too.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Browse through the gallery above and get ready for some cuteness overload, then make plans to visit these cute tykes, as most should be ready for viewing over the summer.
    — Susan B. Barnes, USA TODAY, 17 May 2018
  • Months after its release, the concept still stuns: a cute little tyke, who happens to be in the Hitler Youth, dreams up the Führer as an imaginary friend.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Hershel then did the post-apocalyptic math and figured out that Negan was the man who killed Glenn, leading the tyke to pull a gun on the guy who had just saved him.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • This is also where your creativity can shine, and your little tyke will look so cute all dressed up.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 3 Aug. 2022
  • And Bill Gates, barely a tyke, was programming almost 24/7.
    — Wired, 20 Sep. 2019
  • She was replaced moments later by a shorts-wearing tyke without a shirt.
    — Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Kendrick would have much preferred that the concerned passerby, who was troubled by the three tykes enjoying fresh air with a mom but a scream away, would have just knocked on her door.
    — Brie Schwartz, Redbook, 25 Apr. 2016
  • The royal couple released the video of the little tyke in a birthday appearance to promote Save the Children's Save with Stories project.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The Cheat Sheet reports that Tony was only 8 and Andrew was just 6 when they were first hired, and the two have grown up right before viewers' very eyes, from young tykes to quarreling teens.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 4 Jan. 2019

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