first-born
Example Sentences
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She explained her mental health suffered when she stopped breastfeeding her first-born sooner than she would have liked.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Gilham said Stanley's father, who was an MP, and his mother - who helped establish the first women's college at Cambridge University - had "great expectations for their first-born".
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
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
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
