bastard child

Example Sentences

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"I am the bastard child of Empire," she says, "and I will have my day."

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2019

Jon is a bastard child, but not of Ned Stark.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2017

Gospel disco was a bastard child of the eighties, and this house rework of a children’s choir from Bedford-Stuyvesant may be its most convoluted product.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2017

“Horror seems to be the bastard child of the industry,” she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2016

He knew that the scandal would be the same whether she gave birth to a bastard child or married the son of a peasant: society would condemn her in either case.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende