childless

Example Sentences

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Playing a childless, vain, pitch-perfect vision of Los Angeles’ wickedness in “Maps to the Stars,” Julianne Moore mothered so hard she almost separated California right down the San Andreas fault line.

From Salon • May 10, 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

Anxious to preserve the familial line—and their power—emperors would arrange strategic marriages or, if childless, adopt an heir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

If I am and the SIM find out, they’ll make me carry it to full term, then give it to some childless general’s wife like the story Magdalena told me.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez