How to Use the elder in a Sentence

the elder

noun

• That same year, the elder of the Bankman-Frieds’ two sons was born.
  — David Leavitt, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• In 2005 at the Kennedy Center Honors, the younger singer took to the stage to honor the elder.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 25 May 2023
• But the honest agent can still withdraw the elder’s funds for the elder.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• Lodge, the elder of the two, served three terms in Congress before moving to the Senate in 1893.
  — Michael Bobelian, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
• This is the third year that the elder Bryan has made the long, three-day trek from Claremore to Copan, Oklahoma.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2023
• Rummel the elder never spoke of his own childhood; too painful, perhaps.
  — Dan Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• Gregory, the elder, is a loner who rarely talks to others, even his own parents.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
• To the elder that spoke about his family experience, Wotko [Long], who also appears in the show.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
• There were two sons, of whom E was the elder, a position that entailed the maximum exposure to the parents and their customs and beliefs.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
• This is a very tricky area when the elder has dementia or other cognitive decline.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2023
• The difference in the brothers’ reputations is partly due to the fact that the younger Singer outlived the elder by nearly half a century, dying in 1991.
  — Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• The two-story structure was recently rebuilt in a four-year labor of love by a father-son team—the elder is an engineer and the younger is a carpenter.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
• That is when his father began buying in to the possibility that the elder of his two sons might become a player of consequence.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2023
• Reese was airlifted to a local trauma center while the elder was taken for treatment by ambulance.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
• The book also describes Daisy and Simone's large age gap, with the elder Simone encouraging Daisy to finish her high school graduation.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
• Sometimes, the elder will reluctantly allow it, but the bigger picture is what happens with investments, brokerage accounts, and necessary financial decisions.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024