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
  • The Afghan toddler has been with them for more than a year.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • One was born on a Tuesday and is now a healthy toddler.
    — John Fauber, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • Watch this toddler keep up with his sister’s cheer squad with the best moves!
    — Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Switch to the toddler brush at around 18 months with its suction cup bottom that keeps the head away from the counter.
    — Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The first photo was a throwback, snapped years ago when John Owen was a toddler.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The sound of a toddler in the unit above, who would often run across the apartment, was a comforting noise.
    — Josh Campbell and Meridith Edwards, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • 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 two toddlers were in their car seats, but one was ejected from the car and declared dead at the scene, police said.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The Toniebox is a device that a child as young as a toddler can operate.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 6 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • The couple’s daughter was a toddler at the time of the renovation and a very girly girl.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • About 18 hours later, the toddler was found by farm workers still strapped in the car and covered in blood and bug bites.
    — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Looking for a car seat to last your child for years, from toddler through booster?
    — Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The toddler was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
    — Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But with his robust frame and his toothy toddler smile, baby Brandon Junior — BJ, for short — intuitively seemed to understand how best to heal his mother.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025

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