toddle
verb (used without object)
to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child.
toddled
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past participleof toddle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof toddle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
toddleverb (used without object)to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child.
Example Sentences
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My brother’s lungs were formed in West Louisville, where he toddled on plump baby legs toward all the people who loved him.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
And so every weekday morning, a stream of little research subjects toddled off of a school bus, into the lab.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The trade began to hit Von Miller as he toddled past the photo gallery of great moments that decorate the Denver Broncos headquarters.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
My 16-month-old granddaughter toddled around mounds of poo and the stench was unforgettable.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
He toddled over to his diaper bag, and came back with a battered book, a copy of The Velveteen Rabbit that had belonged to his grandfather and his mother and Ivy and Lucinda before him.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
