eldest

Example Sentences

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The president's eldest son, Eric Trump, who runs the family business alongside his brother Donald Trump Jr., denied wrongdoing.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Generally, when I meet eldest siblings, there’s a kind of interesting energy of someone who both needs to be in charge and needs a lot of permission.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Grief of a different sort defined her relationship with her eldest child.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Those numbers are rising, and are expected to start climbing sharply now that the eldest baby boomers are turning 80.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

In truth, she was the eldest of the five of them, and the one who had saved them fifteen years back when she really was six years old, and the rest of them only babies.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor