toddle
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“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
Now, tentatively, I toddle in a straight line.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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
Armelio toddles away to the dining room to set up the cards.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
On a recent morning, a 16-month-old boy toddled up a small embankment to touch wind chimes hanging from trees.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
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
The door to the visitation room swung open, and a boy not more than 3 feet tall toddled behind his mom and big siblings, bundled in a big winter jacket.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
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
Elsa is now just over one year old and is toddling and bright.
From BBC ● May 15, 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
His power is not merely confined to his toddling whimsy or our longstanding friendship with him.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
The furry youngster was spotted toddling down the street by a Ventura County sheriff’s deputy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
Then there was a woman toddling toward us from out of nowhere, it seemed.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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