childless

Example Sentences

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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

Don’t miss: We’re in our 70s and childless.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Over two months of filming in Atwater Village and Silver Lake, we were portrayed as a carefree, childless couple.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

“She left him childless after three years and married a man in Khost. She bore him three daughters. That’s what I am trying to tell you.”

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini