How to Use only child in a Sentence
only child
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Spence was her mother’s only child and the two were close.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
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Presley, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died Jan. 12 at the age of 54.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 13 July 2023
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Her only child, Nigel, died by suicide on April 18 that year.
—Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
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Her husband is on the front line, and Vova is an only child, so Kucherenko lives in their small, tidy house alone.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 22 May 2024
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She’s been open about her grief journey while raising the couple’s only child, a son named Elvis.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2023
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Angus Mitchell, the only child of hairstylist Paul Mitchell, has died.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
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For a parent of an only child, the bar could also be customized with the baby’s first name.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024
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For Demchuk, tearful and mourning the loss of her only child, there can be no retreat from Bakhmut.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
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Their only child, Julien, came out as transgender at age 11.
—Trip Gabriel Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
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If your plant baby is an only child or simply likes to be alone, there’s no reason to overwhelm them with a huge light.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
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The mother of 23-year-old victim Nicholas Cleves also told the jury about her grief since losing her only child.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
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O’Connor’s Orpheus, the poet, musician, and oracle, is the only child of Dream and the muse, Calliope.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 July 2024
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The 29-year-old mother of two grew up as the only child of a single mom, a Lake Michigan ship captain, and often joined her mom aboard vessels.
—Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
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Helen Cartwright is a widow, and her only child, for reasons best left for readers to learn, is absent.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
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A week before her death, in 2022, Connie asked to accompany Owens, her only child, to Venice.
—Nick Haramis Ola Rindal Dogukan Nesanir, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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On a path to ‘my destiny’ Back when Evans was a high school senior, her mother summoned the nerve to take her only child and skip town toward safety.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
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Maria, who was an only child during World War II, lost a younger brother to a farming accident.
—Sergii Mukaieliants, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
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Gram Parsons’ only child, Polly Parsons, is no stranger to her father’s ghost.
—Nate Rogers, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
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Posing with Mom Theron, who grew up as an only child, is pictured here with her mother, Gerda, in their hometown.
—ELLE, 17 May 2012
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Stella is Banderas’ only child, but is one of Griffith’s four children.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
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Their only child at the time, baby Brooklyn, even wore a purple ensemble, complete with a bib.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 4 July 2024
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Terry was an only child who played baseball, football and hockey with her sports-loving cousins, who lived next door.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
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Bardella grew up as an only child in social housing in Seine-Saint-Denis, a working-class suburb in Paris.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 27 June 2024
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Rihanna‘s baby boy just celebrated his very first Easter — and his last as an only child.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2023
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Barron is Melania Trump’s only child, born the year after his parents’ 2005 wedding.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
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Bragg's parents wanted their only child to be open and experience all kinds of people.
—Walter Ray Watson, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
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Having your only child leave home is a weird experience.
—Ray Isle, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2023
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As the only child of the former couple, Maples chose to raise Tiffany in California following her divorce from Donald in 1999.
—Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
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Over the next 20 years, the couple worked side-by-side, building the business into a fixture of the community and raising their only child, a daughter, Kaylyn.
—Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
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Shore was a city boy, the only child of prosperous and culture-loving parents on the Upper East Side, and a prodigy, introduced to darkroom technique at the age of six.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2023
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