How to Use training wheels in a Sentence

training wheels

plural noun
  • San Diego, at this point, is not a place for training wheels.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Think of them first as training wheels, and second as a fail-safe backup.
    — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Time to take the training wheels off and get back to the business of trying to win.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Children must already know how to ride a bike, or the bike must have training wheels.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Think of them as stiletto training wheels after a year out of practice.
    — Julia Gall, Marie Claire, 26 May 2021
  • The early lead and the coaches not wanting to take the training wheels off his game?
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Like strapping training wheels to my bike and exploring a new cul-de-sac.
    — Rebecca Woolf, refinery29.com, 17 June 2021
  • Now the training wheels are off and that’s when life really begins.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
  • David has a bike with training wheels, as well as a ride-on pedal tractor and a scooter.
    — Ellie Delano, Woman's Day, 4 Apr. 2012
  • The training wheels are off, and the great adventure has begun.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2022
  • This option, unlike the two in Browse, didn’t come with training wheels.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Beyond the braces, the 23-year-old is losing the training wheels.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Asking for patience is fine and fair, but the time has come to remove the training wheels and risk a fall.
    — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Demon Slayer has no such training wheels and shows no such mercy.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • This one comes with training wheels and is available in various sizes and colors.
    — Anna Lane, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Kayla’s new bike is blue and scarily big, with no training wheels to help her balance.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Bob Chapek essentially has training wheels on for the next two years.
    — New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
  • But Johnson’s had nearly four months to get the training wheels out from under him.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Her kids could ride fearlessly through the halls on training wheels, and guests could dance heartily at parties.
    — Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
  • So, there’s some reason to believe that sometime soon the Cubs can take off his training wheels.
    — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • Thornton doesn’t arrive on a Panthers team on training wheels.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • But lately John Mara has started to act like Jones on training wheels.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Louis had just hopped on his sky-blue bike that morning and began to ride without training wheels, Nguyen said.
    — Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
  • And the next was a message for an 8-year-old-girl who had just gotten her training wheels off her bicycle.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • But sharing prompts without teaching the thinking behind them keeps your team on training wheels.
    — John Schneider, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • This option from Schwinn comes with training wheels that can be removed as kids gain skills and confidence.
    — Korin Miller, wsj.com, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The sooner Shanahan takes the training wheels off his rookie, the better.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2021
  • At just $35 a pair, consider these the training wheels of the ugly sneaker trend.
    — Jake Woolf, GQ, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Some of us were riding bicycles with training wheels at the age of five while others were learning how to throw down in the kitchen.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 29 June 2022
  • O’Brien is kicking the training wheels off, for both Watson and himself.
    — Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2020

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