How to Use toddle in a Sentence

toddle

verb
  • I toddled off to the pub for a pint.
  • The little boy toddled across the room.
  • She toddled off to bed.
  • Soon your child will toddle off to pick up a book and bring it back to you.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • On my most recent visit, a child toddled through the grassy paths.
    — Mary Beth Albright, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2019
  • The 2-year-old wants to toddle off on his own only to turn around and run back.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 12 July 2019
  • Manuel Areta then toddles over to her, throwing his head back to cry.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2018
  • Many children, of course, toddle around after their fathers who coach.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • My son was toddling his way around the backstage with us in tow when tumbled out in front of Gord.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 20 Oct. 2017
  • When the toddler ran for the patio, the dad dashed after him, beer held aloft, toddling himself to avoid spillage.
    — Andrew Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Little children just beginning to toddle about were anxious to see the big boys fight.
    — al, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Adelia toddles over to her mom Alla, passing her while holding both the sweatshirt and the pants.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Parents cradled some of the children in their arms; others toddled alongside the adults.
    — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 12 July 2018
  • Presently, my then-one-year-old son toddled into the room and proceeded to smear his sticky hands all over the walls of our den.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Why, then, do parents celebrate when their would-be toddler first begins to toddle?
    — David P. Barash, WSJ, 16 June 2021
  • The sight of hundreds of tiny turtle hatchlings toddling their way down to the lapping ocean waves is the surest way to take your breath away.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the video, Phoenix toddled between his mom and dad while Hilton posed for a photoshoot.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
  • In a video, the Chrissy & Dave Dine Out star's son toddled across a lawn.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • One little boy spent much of the evening toddling about, his eyes firmly fixed on the ever-changing images at his tiny feet.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Bitcoin was once a true grassroots project, with ramshackle servers toddling along in people’s basements and dorm rooms.
    — David Z. Morris, Slate Magazine, 6 June 2017
  • The player is happy, the club are relieved to get rid and off the player toddles into the cash-rich sunset.
    — SI.com, 11 July 2019
  • Reed toddled to the banks and threw rocks into the water, while Caleb held on to the back of his shirt to keep him from jumping in.
    — Kelly Sundberg, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2018
  • Tagovailoa was not quite 3 and toddling around Ewa Beach, Hawaii, at the time.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Released from my prone clutches and set safely up on the shore, the 5-year-old toddled off in her tangerine bathing suit.
    — Ellen Wayland-Smith, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The two tuxedo cats skittered uneasily away from her, afraid of what kind of chaos this toddling creature would bring into their lives.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Feb. 2026
  • On a recent morning, a 16-month-old boy toddled up a small embankment to touch wind chimes hanging from trees.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024
  • Of four live roaches, one toddled about a container of mayonnaise packets.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In one clip, the little boy confidently toddled across the family's lawn.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • As children toddled out of their parents' cars, some sheepishly walked through the center of a line of cheering teachers.
    — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 4 May 2018
  • But the room had no lock and her three-year-old toddled into the room any time her father’s attention drifted, running to hug her mother.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2020

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