childless

Example Sentences

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But for childless investors, inheritance isn’t the primary issue.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

A renowned theater director who has embarked on a kind of permanent vacation in his 60s, he continues: “I am wifeless, childless, brotherless, sisterless, I am my well-known self, made glittering and brittle by fame.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

British columnist Zoe Williams wondered in The Guardian how she would feel to receive such a letter from "childless" President Emmanuel Macron.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Felix is famously childless, Anna has a couple kids on the older side.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

Sirius was the very last of the line as his younger brother, Regulus, predeceased him and both were childless.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling