toddle
verb (used without object)
to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child.
had toddled
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past perfectof toddle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Irvin Antonio Hernández was arrested when he ran outside after his little sister, who had toddled after the family dogs.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
John F. Kennedy Jr., then not quite 3, had toddled into the Oval Office and, most likely, into his father’s lap.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2012
Presently Keggs, yawning loudly, had toddled along the passage, bolted the door, and made his way upstairs to bed, leaving Steve to his vigil.
From The Coming of Bill by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Perhaps he had toddled down it as a baby, perhaps his mother had carried him along it on a neighborly visit to the Rosses.
From The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall
After the last adorable little fairy had toddled off—I hope to bed—we heard a youth behind us observe, "These nuts sure can give a play."
From The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches by Carleton M. Winslow
