How to Use only child in a Sentence

only child

noun

• Spence was her mother’s only child and the two were close.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
• Presley, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died Jan. 12 at the age of 54.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 13 July 2023
• Her only child, Nigel, died by suicide on April 18 that year.
  — Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Angus Mitchell, the only child of hairstylist Paul Mitchell, has died.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Their only child, Julien, came out as transgender at age 11.
  — Trip Gabriel Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Gram Parsons’ only child, Polly Parsons, is no stranger to her father’s ghost.
  — Nate Rogers, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• 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
• Stella is Banderas’ only child, but is one of Griffith’s four children.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
• 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
• Rihanna‘s baby boy just celebrated his very first Easter — and his last as an only child.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2023
• Barron is Melania Trump’s only child, born the year after his parents’ 2005 wedding.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
• Bragg's parents wanted their only child to be open and experience all kinds of people.
  — Walter Ray Watson, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
• Having your only child leave home is a weird experience.
  — Ray Isle, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Though the family's legal last name is Covel, Krystal is his only child to have adopted his stage (and middle) name, Keith.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• Her only child, Aviva, will also play an important role in Sylvie’s choices.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• No father should have to bury his only child, but Choi says the actions of South Korean authorities in the year since have only compounded his sense of grief and loss.
  — TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
• This joke isn’t so funny to Roman, who is suddenly an only child but probably not an orphan.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 June 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024