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
Rebekah, a corporate striver with a mercenary streak, is beholden to her first-born boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
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
He had a scribe’s paper that proved his claims as first-born.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
