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
• Presley, 54, was the only child of rock icon Elvis Presley.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
• Her only child, Nigel, died by suicide on April 18 that year.
  — Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• Our only child at that time was going to a public school.
  — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 15 July 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
• Wu grew up in San Jose, the only child of immigrant parents.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 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
• Jones is survived by the couple’s only child, Flynn Earl Jones.
  — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2024
• Phil and Jill welcomed their first and only child together, a daughter named Lily Collins, in 1989.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 15 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Klinghoffer is being sued by Ashley Sanchez, the only child of Israel Sanchez.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 10 July 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The couple welcomed their only child together, a son named Simon Collins, in 1976.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 15 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Their only child at the time, baby Brooklyn, even wore a purple ensemble, complete with a bib.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 4 July 2024
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024