How to Use peddle in a Sentence

peddle

verb
  • They peddled fruits and vegetables out of their truck on the side of the road.
  • The mayor's aides tried to peddle his innocence to reporters.
  • He peddled his idea for a new movie to every executive in Hollywood.
  • And by the way, the bankers are all peddling this right now, anyway.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 23 Aug. 2018
  • At least, those were the dreams that were peddled to the masses just weeks ago.
    — Ed Wallace\, star-telegram, 8 June 2018
  • The person on the Ring video then ducks away and peddles off.
    — Fox News, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Many of the migrants have turned to peddling as a way to survive.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • History will judge those who peddle it.
    — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • There was so much optimism to peddle about this Colts team a year ago.
    — Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Or place on your desk and use your arms to peddle for an effective upper body blitz.
    — Kathy Barr, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • First, not many college jocks are going to be in high demand to peddle stuff.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 June 2021
  • There’s no shortage of movies that gauzily peddle the notion of art as a balm.
    — Brent Simon, Variety, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And then there was Solis herself, peddling new ideas for skin care.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Decades earlier he had been caught peddling cocaine and spent four years in prison.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Saget is not this first one to peddle this conspiracy, though.
    — Shay Spence, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2017
  • At first, this claim, this theory, was peddled by the fringe Left.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Just ignore the vendors peddling cheap knockoffs on the main road, a sign of nascent tourism.
    — Zandie Brockett, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2018
  • What better time to peddle a casket than spooky season?
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • At some point another man walked to the car and tried to steal the items the first man was trying to peddle.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2022
  • Now after a huge backlash the company is back peddling on that plan.
    — David Wethe, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2018
  • People like Beydoun began to peddle the myth of a sure thing.
    — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2017
  • These are more disgusting smears peddled by the media and billboard law firms.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Back in the day, East Germany had its steroid-peddling doctors.
    — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Vendors peddle a mix of foods, beer, crafts, clothes and other goods from inside small wooden huts.
    — Sameer Rao, baltimoresun.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Amazon peddles thousands of products that promise to tone and snatch.
    — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In Malaysia, hawkers peddle chicken satay, which is smoky and slathered in sweet peanut sauce.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2018
  • To be sure, that’s a petty, trifling point of view, but the sports world peddles in that stuff at every level.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The quality of the artists’ work was in synch with their dealers’ eagerness to peddle it.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
  • Eddie, two and a half, was peddling his tricycle along, trying to keep up with the older boys.
    — Samme Chittum, Smithsonian, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Some people sell alcohol from the trunks of their cars, while others peddle joints outside the clubs.
    — John Eligon, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023

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