How to Use godchild in a Sentence

godchild

noun
  • My niece is also my godchild.
  • And the godchild she has been blessed with is… a cruise ship?
    — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Buy it for yourself, your cousin or a godchild who needs a new hobby.
    — Jason Johnson, The Root, 12 June 2017
  • What's worse is most of them don't get how that affects their godchild throughout their entire lives.
    — Shellie R. Warren, Parents, 19 Jan. 2024
  • To my godchildren, to my sisters, all of them, to my brothers—oh god, to my family!
    — Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Short said Brown’s children and godchildren asked him to read a poem to remember him.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Connie and Joe did not have any children of their own but were parents to many nephews, nieces and godchildren.
    — courant.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Nieces, nephews and godchildren came up in nearly every response.
    — Marci Alboher, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
  • And to my godchildren, to my sisters, all of them, to my brothers, to—oh, God, to my family.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s everything to know about Taylor Swift’s sweet bond with her godchildren.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
  • Outside of her entrepreneurship, Nichols is a proud mother who’s raised five godchildren, with one son living at home with her.
    — Estrohaze, The Root, 2 June 2018
  • This weekend, my friend, Biscuit, told me of a conversation my godchildren carried on in their kitchen.
    — Lisa Baker Gibbs, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023
  • Margaret Preston took over the shop until 1998, when Cortese’s godchild took it over.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Personalize it, and gift as a memento that will remind them of their treasured relationship with their godchild.
    — Annie O'Sullivan, Woman's Day, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Mitzi also leaves behind her godchildren, actors Melissa and Sara Gilbert.
    — Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Her impact felt online on social media and her resounding roster of sold out tour dates is also felt offline in times spent with her godchildren, nieces, and nephews.
    — Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 7 Dec. 2023
  • He is survived by his beloved wife Kerry Milligan and several godchildren.
    — Staff Author, EW.com, 26 June 2024
  • And the overwhelming majority had close relationships with children in their lives — nieces and nephews, godchildren, and children of friends.
    — Jill Filipovic, Cosmopolitan, 2 May 2017
  • Tom is also survived by his sister, Mary Lang Diamond, and numerous beloved nieces, nephews and godchildren.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Tantan ramen from Japonica Asking me to choose a favorite bowl of ramen in Los Angeles is like telling me to pick a favorite godchild.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Her memories are replete with references to surrogate grandmas and second mothers, godparents and godchildren, aunts and uncles, none of whom are related.
    — Molly Ball, Time, 3 Oct. 2019
  • As a licensed royal expert, the upcoming wedding between the parents of my future godchildren (Meghan Markle and Prince Harry) isn’t just a joyous occasion for me.
    — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 8 May 2018

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