How to Use turkey trot in a Sentence

turkey trot

noun
  • There’s a good reason to pay to participate in a turkey trot.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2020
  • America’s first turkey trot took place more than a century ago.
    — Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022
  • America’s first turkey trot took place more than a century ago.
    — Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Runners at a Dallas turkey trot set a world record by dressing up as turkeys.
    — Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Enjoy family fun runs with great themes—anyone up for a glow race, tough mudder or turkey trot?
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The fit wasn’t right for a woman who once showed up at a Thanksgiving Day turkey trot dressed in a turkey suit.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2022
  • So why not start your holiday by running a turkey trot or one of the other holiday fun runs in metro Phoenix?
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2022
  • For instance, some folks and families participate in a turkey trot run earlier in the day.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
  • In the running community, many kick off Thanksgiving with a turkey trot in the morning.
    — Taylor Dutch, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2022
  • From a deadly turkey trot to a snow day for the ages, here is every Bob’s Burgers Thanksgiving episode, ranked.
    — Lillian Brown, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2023
  • On Thursday, November 24, tens of thousands will lace up for their local turkey trot.
    — Taylor Dutch, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2022
  • On Thursday, November 24, tens of thousands will lace up for their local turkey trot.
    — Taylor Dutch, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2022
  • These funny riddles will have some wobbling away in defeat and others doing a celebratory turkey trot.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 July 2022
  • Many people enjoy running 5Ks for exercise or training for their local turkey trot.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Thanksgiving will stretch across five days with a treasure hunt, arts and crafts, cooking classes, a 5K turkey trot and thankful sunset yoga.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • One of Mantz’s early wins was at a local turkey trot in Utah, so there is precedent for him for a Thanksgiving Day victory.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The Boston Marathon might be America’s most famous race, but the turkey trot is the country’s oldest continuous one.
    — Jacob Sweet, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Highlights include a turkey trot, monthly birthday celebrations and a traditional Thanksgiving meal served at noon.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • For now, Phoenix residents can expect a pleasant, low-70s kind of holiday, perfect for dining outdoors, morning turkey trots and backyard football.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The idea of exercising before indulging in a Thanksgiving feast is the impetus behind the turkey trot—a community run usually held on Thanksgiving Day.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
  • This is the turkey trot, typically a 5- to 10-kilometer race, perhaps done for charity, which has become a delightfully contentious holiday tradition much like crack-of-dawn Black Friday lines and marshmallow topping on sweet potatoes.
    — Taylor Kay Phillips, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2023
  • As the year starts to wind down and Hollywood begins its turkey trot out of town, Sony Pictures has made one of the biggest book acquisitions of 2025, landing film adaptation rights to James Islington’s Hierarchy series.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025

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