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toddle

[tod-l] / ˈtɒd l /
VERB
walk unsteadily
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Bethany Handley practically lived outdoors from the time she could toddle.

From BBC May 30, 2026

Beckham watched his son, Zydn, toddle outside an auditorium before he walked in.

From Washington Post Apr. 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

But at New York Live Arts in Manhattan this weekend, they will be encouraged to crawl, stand, rock, toddle and even lie down.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 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

Holding her hand, I attempt to lead Geak to sit on the sheets, but she pulls out of my hand and toddles over to Pa. He picks her up and holds her to his chest.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

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

Eighteen-month-old Mykola clutched his mother’s finger as he toddled up the hallway of the national children’s hospital in Kyiv, his still-unsteady legs eager to keep up with his desire to walk.

From New York Times Jul. 20, 2023

Rene opened a gate and toddled into the road, where a Route 5 streetcar was returning to Seattle.

From Seattle Times Jan. 26, 2023

Juliet toddled along behind him like a terrier.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Belatedly spotting her, and 14-month-old son Bennett, who was toddling on to the green, Scheffler's typically muted response changed.

From BBC Jul. 20, 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

She looked at her daughter, Moska, 1, toddling around the living room.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2022

She could imagine Maya toddling after her, annoying her, pulling her hair and borrowing her clothes without asking first.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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