How to Use toddler in a Sentence

toddler

noun
  • There were five people in the group: four adults and the toddler.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Could some tweens and toddlers be the thing that throws them off course?
    Bynatasha Piñon, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • Moms around the world agree that The Orangery is a great place to have tea with a toddler.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The soaking toddler screamed as the water spilled over them and the man gripped a rope to reach the other side.
    Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The scourge of fentanyl has claimed the lives of five Bay Area infants or toddlers since 2020.
    Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The size and shape of the Anywhere Beanbag is perfect for toddlers.
    Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
  • And no one has the time to ideate a dinner that is easy for a toddler to make every night.
    Hetal Vasavada, Bon Appétit, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The toddler who was shot and killed in a road rage incident.
    Sarah Fowler, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Bake Off is now a mess of toddler-in-the-kitchen proportions.
    Judy Berman, Time, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The players on this team were toddlers the last time Geneva won in 2010 against Batavia.
    Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
  • From toddlers to adults, all ages can enjoy these Lego deals.
    Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 July 2024
  • The toddlers wore vibrant bathing suits and leaned up against the pool's white tile as Shay snapped their photo.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • At night, the mother and toddler were given refuge inside the church.
    Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • When Michael was a toddler, he and his four siblings were placed in foster care.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The test involved Gasser’s toddler having her blood drawn 28 times over the course of a day, the document states.
    Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • That means cheese, everything but the kitchen sink-style omelets and chia seed pudding for the toddler.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
  • On opening day, a line of toddlers to tweens, with dolls clutched to their chests and their parents in tow, lined up in front of the store’s doors.
    Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
  • Shields first shared a throwback photo of the duo when Grier was just a toddler.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • Halsey is giving a rare glimpse into their son's life as a toddler.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Mandy Moore is trying to keep her newborn baby healthy with a sick toddler in the house.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
  • This mom of a toddler has the right to put the members of her immediate household first.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Sanker, the middle child of three boys, went from being the smallest of his brothers as a toddler to the biggest.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Vang said the toddler did not have his diaper changed that morning and was told to stand and pray at the foot of Vang’s bed, the complaint reads.
    Paradise Afshar, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • After the Fiat rolls down the Spanish Steps like a toddler on a knoll, their places are reversed.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Both the toddler and the woman were taken to the hospital, where the toddler was pronounced dead.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Three days later, the toddler’s body was found in a park nearly 40 miles outside Penn Hills.
    USA Today, 23 Feb. 2023
  • This all-time favorite is shrunk down to toddler-sized sliders.
    Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Singer as baby, as toddler, as singing and dancing kid.
    Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Here are 15 of our favorite low stimulation shows for toddlers.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The curlers are getting a workout just like the star herself, but most of them manage to stay in place despite the high-energy wrangling of toddlers—those must be some pretty strong pins!
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 31 Oct. 2024

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