first-born
Example Sentences
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"He's my only son, he's my first-born, please help us," she said.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
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
“I lost my son, my only son, my first-born son.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024
Fox explains that a first-born daughter's maturation, but not early onset of menstruation, may enable her to help her mother rear her other children successfully.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024
My father is the youngest of five brothers, and Moni is his first-born nephew—the eldest brother’s son.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
