toddle

“She had immense power, but she was perfectly happy to toddle around in the kitchen, making everyone coffee and being the grandmother,” Mirren said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

In the same business park as the cafe, Abigail Grant-Williams is the director of the Tots' Clubhouse nursery, where children toddle about chasing bubbles in the sensory garden.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023

When she was younger, Malaya Majam-Finch would toddle into the living room of her grandparents’ quaint house in La Mirada and find, essentially, an open-air trophy case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2023

Soon the field was empty, except for Ribby the Redband Trout, whom I watched toddle in wide, pointless circles near third base — not fully performing anymore, but not exactly taking a break.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

I bet she’s been tossing around axes since she could toddle.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

She keeps busy taking care of Varvara, now 2, who toddles everywhere with no fear and loves British chocolate.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

My youngest happily toddles alongside them, though she has no friends closer to her own age.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2020

She scrambles from my arms and toddles fast and fearlessly into the surf.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2019

Back on the ground, take a trip back in time aboard an Electriquette—a battery-powered wicker cart that toddles along at 3 mph.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2016

Holding her hand, I attempt to lead Geak to sit on the sheets, but she pulls out of my hand and toddles over to Pa. He picks her up and holds her to his chest.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

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

Eighteen-month-old Mykola clutched his mother’s finger as he toddled up the hallway of the national children’s hospital in Kyiv, his still-unsteady legs eager to keep up with his desire to walk.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

Rene opened a gate and toddled into the road, where a Route 5 streetcar was returning to Seattle.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

The baby toddled to the window, pressing a chubby palm against the glass.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

"Lauren would just be toddling along at the side and I'd be walking ahead, pretending I'm all independent," adds Raye.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

These are exactly what they sound like: reels of A.I.–rendered babies dressed in cute little costumes, with giant eyes and smiling mouths, toddling down a runway.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024

The players’ kids toddling around the locker room receive the lesson as soon as possible.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

His power is not merely confined to his toddling whimsy or our longstanding friendship with him.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024

Poppy, delighted to have Lina at home to play with, kept toddling over with things she found—dust rags, kitchen spoons, stray shoes—and whacking them against Lina’s knees, saying, “Play wif dis! Play wif dis!”

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau