Eldest means: superlative form of old: most old; greatest in age or seniority. Related words include first or offspring. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Eldest in practice.
Eldest meaning
superlative form of old: most old; greatest in age or seniority.
Example sentences (20)
John Aidan Liddell was the eldest of six children whose family had moved to Sherfield Manor (now a school) in 1908.
In the end, the three Roy siblings, having permanently shunted eldest son Connor to the side, destroyed one another.
On the other hand, eldest member Jin and lead dance J-Hope are currently completing their mandatory military duties.
Britain’s Prince William and wife Kate have published a new photograph of eldest son George to mark his 10th birthday.
In an attempt to 'compromise', the woman's father suggested he walk her down the aisle with her eldest sibling.
Kai is the eldest of four children and the other Rooneys are said to be keen footballers with professional aspirations.
A classmate of our eldest daughter died in kindergarten from acute encephalopathy caused by a high fever from influenza.
On his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, Chirag Paswan said: “After the demise of my father, he was the eldest in the family.
The board has put forward a plan that would send Chan's eldest son to attend Clarke Road Secondary in his Grade 12 year.
The eldest daughter jumped from the window and later required stitches to heal lacerations from broken glass.
They married in Loon Lake, SK., but continued to live in Edmonton where their eldest daughter Heidi was born.
His mother, Vikki, paid tribute to her eldest child at the time, telling the that he was 'funny clever, and so very kind'.
Jennifer Lopez grabbed lunch with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s eldest daughter, Violet, in Los Angeles.
Rupert Murdoch is to retire as chairman of Fox and News Corp, set to be replaced in both roles by his eldest son, Lachlan.
They welcomed their first child back in 2008, with Rina induced into labour with their eldest child Cameron.
But ensuring that his eldest son Hun Manet can take over when he retires is a circle that can’t be squared.
She said that while she lost her eldest son to the fire, her children “lost their mother as they knew her”.
The same month Putin took the unusual step of summoning his eldest son Akhmat, 17, for a one-to-one meeting in the Kremlin.
I first met Jorge in 2015 when his eldest daughter was in my kindergarten class at La escuela bilingual Pioneer in Lafayette.
These murders most likely occurred at the hand of Prince Albert Edward’s eldest son Prince Albert Victor.
Common combinations with eldest
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- eldest son 68×
- the eldest 61×
- eldest daughter 38×
- eldest of 28×
- his eldest 24×
- her eldest 19×
- eldest child 17×
- their eldest 16×
- two eldest 14×
- my eldest 14×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word eldest. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.