toddle
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Bethany Handley practically lived outdoors from the time she could toddle.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
“She had immense power, but she was perfectly happy to toddle around in the kitchen, making everyone coffee and being the grandmother,” Mirren said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
When she was younger, Malaya Majam-Finch would toddle into the living room of her grandparents’ quaint house in La Mirada and find, essentially, an open-air trophy case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2023
Soon the field was empty, except for Ribby the Redband Trout, whom I watched toddle in wide, pointless circles near third base — not fully performing anymore, but not exactly taking a break.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
My parents tell me that even before I could talk, I would toddle into the empty classrooms and lecture.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
She keeps busy taking care of Varvara, now 2, who toddles everywhere with no fear and loves British chocolate.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
My youngest happily toddles alongside them, though she has no friends closer to her own age.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2020
She scrambles from my arms and toddles fast and fearlessly into the surf.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2019
Back on the ground, take a trip back in time aboard an Electriquette—a battery-powered wicker cart that toddles along at 3 mph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2016
In all the confusion, a kid who looks like a kindergartener toddles around the corner.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
On a recent morning, a 16-month-old boy toddled up a small embankment to touch wind chimes hanging from trees.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
My brother’s lungs were formed in West Louisville, where he toddled on plump baby legs toward all the people who loved him.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
And so every weekday morning, a stream of little research subjects toddled off of a school bus, into the lab.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
Irvin Antonio Hernández was arrested when he ran outside after his little sister, who had toddled after the family dogs.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
That cute little baby sister toddled away from me and cried.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
"Lauren would just be toddling along at the side and I'd be walking ahead, pretending I'm all independent," adds Raye.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
These are exactly what they sound like: reels of A.I.–rendered babies dressed in cute little costumes, with giant eyes and smiling mouths, toddling down a runway.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
His power is not merely confined to his toddling whimsy or our longstanding friendship with him.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
“I don’t know how to vote,” Oceguera said as he kept an eye on their year-old grandson toddling outside their blue house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
“Ah, when you were a little toddling thing, how easy it was to rub and kiss your hurts away! Come and get a kiss from your old nurse anyhow, and tell me all about it.”
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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