How to Use tricycle in a Sentence

tricycle

noun
  • On one side there was a swing, a slide and a tricycle.
    — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Another man who helped build the tricycle was blamed for the crime.
    — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2018
  • Upright tricycles are the last stage before big-kid bikes.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The victim backed up and fell to the ground, at which time the suspects fled with the man’s tricycle.
    — Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
  • But my shot was Rocky on a tricycle cycling away from the camera over the hill.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The make/model are unknown, but it was described as a blue adult tricycle.
    — Julie A. Short/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 15 June 2017
  • Too heavy and younger or weaker children won’t have the strength to pedal or push the tricycle along.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There are small basketball courts and two red tricycles for little kids.
    — Author: Maria Sacchetti, Kevin Sieff, Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
  • That said, stroller tricycles are perfect for any child the right size to fit comfortably in the seat.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The tricycle was stolen from the family's back porch in Berwyn last week.
    — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • From there, fleets of electric tricycles carry the packages to homes.
    — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
  • In the hallways there are a few signs of life—tricycles, slippers and pink children’s shoes in front of some doors.
    — Dominique Fong, WSJ, 15 June 2018
  • Bikes available include four 19-inch bikes and one three-speed adult tricycle.
    — cleveland, 22 May 2021
  • All in an area where people drive pickup trucks and children tool around on plastic tricycles.
    — Kaweewit Kaewjinda, The Seattle Times, 21 July 2017
  • In one yard, a plastic tricycle lies upended, its pedals in the air ready to spin away to nowhere.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 16 May 2017
  • Mom told of my excitedly talking about the tricycle all the way home.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Eddie, two and a half, was peddling his tricycle along, trying to keep up with the older boys.
    — Samme Chittum, Smithsonian, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The children can also run, climb, dig in sand or ride tricycles around a large outdoor playground.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • In the fictional case, a man is killed when his giant tricycle explodes.
    — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2018
  • There will be several tricycle races throughout the morning for kids and adults.
    — Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The bike, a tricycle, is equipped with a gold bell that Delaney rings frequently.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2024
  • And the Gators resemble a tricycle with a missing front wheel.
    — Andrew Astleford, ajc, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The tricycle frames the car just as Eggleston frames the tricycle.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Even though some didn’t speak the same language, small kids pedaled, laughed and raced down the corridor on tricycles.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • An empty tricycle trailed by a row of small yellow galoshes sits on the concrete floor.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
  • The plane uses a retractable tricycle type of landing gear that employs a nose wheel instead of a tail wheel.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2021
  • News reports said the road in front of the explosion site was busy with people and tricycle rickshaws.
    — Fox News, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Stock photo of the missing tricycle.
    — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • Convertible tricycles are designed to grow with your child, from baby to just shy of standard-bike ready.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The man on the tricycle had ridden into the street midway down the block when a car, driving northbound, struck him.
    — Emily Goodykoontz | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2019

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