How to Use eldest in a Sentence

eldest

adjective
  • That left their eldest son's baby clothes with no one to wear them.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Her eldest is 12, her youngest - her sixth - just two months.
    — Elena Becatoros, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Her eldest is 12, her youngest — her sixth — just two months.
    — Elena Becatoros, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2022
  • His wife was pregnant with their eldest the year of the attacks.
    — Samantha Davenport, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Heir to Britain’s throne and eldest child of Philip and the queen.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
  • His eldest son was 5 years old and the other was 3 years old.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The reader’s eldest child is about to start college in the fall.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 23 July 2019
  • The time has come for our two eldest to leave home to further their studies.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Kevin's eldest child was the first to follow in dad's footsteps.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2020
  • But the two eldest are acutely aware of the change that’s occurred in the past three months.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • A couple of years later, my eldest daughter fell from the same step and broke her arm.
    — By Stacey Hatton, kansascity.com, 30 June 2017
  • Prince Charles, eldest child of the queen and Prince Philip 4.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The fourth child and eldest daughter is front and center in season 1 of the hit show.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 17 Jan. 2021
  • His eldest child, Derek, and his wife just gave birth to Nisleit’s first grandchild.
    — David Garrick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • His eldest daughter, age 6, got to attend Czech school for a year.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The two eldest boys share a room in our unattached guesthouse; my youngest son’s room is in the main house.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • That was certainly the case for me with my eldest son, Landon.
    — Bethany Mollenkof, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2022
  • At 49 years old, Trudeau is now the eldest of the three main party leaders.
    — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • A couple of years ago, Davis took his eldest son to GameStop to buy him a video game.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 15 July 2021
  • This isn’t the first time the eldest Carter child gave us a reason to Stan over her hair either.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 2 Jan. 2020
  • He is believed to have been the eldest of Kim Jong Il’s children.
    — Los Angeles Times, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2017
  • Nick Cave continues to mourn the death of his eldest son Jethro Lazenby.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2022
  • Antonio is the youngest Labra brother in the band, while Adrian is the eldest.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The identities of Fred and his eldest son, Jeff, are closely tied to the Mets.
    — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Woodward was born in Boston in 1941, the eldest son of a patent lawyer and an astronomer.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Henry died in 1974 as the eldest surviving child of George V and Mary.
    — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 1 June 2022
  • The Queen's eldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales, is the first in line to ascend the throne after his mother's passing.
    — Alex Warner, Marie Claire, 23 Apr. 2021

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