How to Use love child in a Sentence

love child

noun
  • Pence looks like the love child of Rasputin and the Nick Nolte mugshot.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The result is like the love child of a mai tai and an old-fashioned.
    Lou Bustamante, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2018
  • That Trump fathered a love child with a colleague in the 80s.
    Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Think of this series as the love child of Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Or would the unwanted child be the love child of the princess and Prince Charming?
    WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Think of it as the love child of mac and cheese and nachos, but vegan.
    Noma Nazish, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Because of the higher fat content, a creemee tastes like the love child of soft serve and ice cream.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
  • If a fruit crisp and a pie got together, this would their love child.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Not quite a balm and not quite a gloss, lip oils are essentially the love child of both.
    Allure, 20 July 2022
  • The biz, which had its grand opening at the end of March, serves breakfast, lunch and their scrumptious love child, brunch.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The Asian pear could be the love child between a pear and jicama with some melon thrown in.
    Becky Krystal, The Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Curl creams are like the love child of a leave-in conditioner and a curl styling product.
    Marielle Marlys, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2022
  • This jacket is like the love child of a hooded soft-shell vest and a cashmere cardigan.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 2 July 2022
  • Key Specs At first glance, the Mistel looks bizarre, like the love child of a typewriter and an old-school pair of headphones.
    Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Imagine if pot de crème and panna cotta had a love child.
    Odette Williams, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
  • She’s also the secret love child of Ellis Grey and Richard Webber!!!
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The news of Schwarzenegger’s love child in 2011, who bears a striking resemblance to him, caused his wife Maria Shriver to leave him.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
  • Grab one for your closest fairy tale-loving child or, just show up to get a unicorn for yourself.
    Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Think of the Devour as the love child of technical sunglasses and goggles.
    Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2021
  • It is shaped like the love child of a conical junonia sea shell and the spindle-like fusilli pasta.
    Nik Sharma, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2017
  • With no fenders, a wide track, and a low stance, Enyo looks less like a custom ’48 Chevy truck and more like the love child of a post-war Chevy truck and an open-wheel race car.
    Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Erin also loved children and became a babysitter to the Lee's daughter.
    Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 June 2018
  • And another that a doorman at Trump tower would say to keep quiet about a Trump love child.
    Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • That goes over about as well as John Edwards having an affair and love child while his wife fought cancer.
    Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • This includes the mixie (a pixie and mullet hybrid) and the shaggy bowl cut (a shag and bowl haircut's love child).
    Annie Blay, Allure, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Kuchibhotla, who loved children, would have liked that.
    Max Londberg, kansascity, 10 Jan. 2018
  • If toasted buttered brioche, creme brûlée, and flan were in a thruple, Win Son Bakery’s custard toast would be their love child.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Kanye, meanwhile, looks less like a worm and more like the love child of the Fly and the Predator, especially in the surreal video Kardashian shared.
    Hilary Hughes, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The supply chain is in your face, like a Kardashian-Trump love child, and there’s no escaping it and its little problems.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The Stretch Houdini is like the love child of a classic boardshort and a technical trunk designed for rocky scrambling.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 30 June 2014

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