childless
Example Sentences
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In chapters set in the near present, Livia Cable is a childless, middle-aged piano instructor in rural eastern Tennessee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Some were expecting their first child, some were pregnant with their second, and others remained childless.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Ostensibly, there was no reason for a childless adult like me to watch it — unless said adult also happened to be a lifelong anime fan.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
But for childless investors, inheritance isn’t the primary issue.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
“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
