How to Use turkey trot in a Sentence

turkey trot

noun
  • The fit wasn’t right for a woman who once showed up at a Thanksgiving Day turkey trot dressed in a turkey suit.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2022
  • There’s a good reason to pay to participate in a turkey trot.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Runners at a Dallas turkey trot set a world record by dressing up as turkeys.
    Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2020
  • So why not start your holiday by running a turkey trot or one of the other holiday fun runs in metro Phoenix?
    Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Enjoy family fun runs with great themes—anyone up for a glow race, tough mudder or turkey trot?
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022
  • In the running community, many kick off Thanksgiving with a turkey trot in the morning.
    Taylor Dutch, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2022
  • One of Mantz’s early wins was at a local turkey trot in Utah, so there is precedent for him for a Thanksgiving Day victory.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2022
  • On Thursday, November 24, tens of thousands will lace up for their local turkey trot.
    Taylor Dutch, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2022
  • America’s first turkey trot took place more than a century ago.
    Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2020
  • For instance, some folks and families participate in a turkey trot run earlier in the day.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Thanksgiving will stretch across five days with a treasure hunt, arts and crafts, cooking classes, a 5K turkey trot and thankful sunset yoga.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The Boston Marathon might be America’s most famous race, but the turkey trot is the country’s oldest continuous one.
    Jacob Sweet, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Gobble, gobble: After your holiday meal, no better way to feel a little lighter than participating in a turkey trot.
    Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • These funny riddles will have some wobbling away in defeat and others doing a celebratory turkey trot.
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 July 2022
  • The idea of exercising before indulging in a Thanksgiving feast is the impetus behind the turkey trot—a community run usually held on Thanksgiving Day.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022

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