first-born
Example Sentences
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In an interview four years earlier, he discussed how his mother-in-law took a year off to help take care of his first-born.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025
The first-born in his family, the intern had been battling depression and had been receiving treatment, according to a police report.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024
Words that we will see come true — at least if we are to credit her account, something her first-born daughter is less apt to do.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2024
They did not find the same result in boys or daughters who were not first-born.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024
My hopes were all dead—struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the first-born in the land of Egypt.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
