How to Use godchild in a Sentence

godchild

noun
  • My niece is also my godchild.
  • And the godchild she has been blessed with is… a cruise ship?
    Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Buy it for yourself, your cousin or a godchild who needs a new hobby.
    Jason Johnson, The Root, 12 June 2017
  • And to my godchildren, to my sisters, all of them, to my brothers, to—oh, God, to my family.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Margaret Preston took over the shop until 1998, when Cortese’s godchild took it over.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2022
  • To my godchildren, to my sisters, all of them, to my brothers—oh god, to my family!
    Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Connie and Joe did not have any children of their own but were parents to many nephews, nieces and godchildren.
    courant.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Outside of her entrepreneurship, Nichols is a proud mother who’s raised five godchildren, with one son living at home with her.
    Estrohaze, The Root, 2 June 2018
  • This weekend, my friend, Biscuit, told me of a conversation my godchildren carried on in their kitchen.
    Lisa Baker Gibbs, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023
  • Tantan ramen from Japonica Asking me to choose a favorite bowl of ramen in Los Angeles is like telling me to pick a favorite godchild.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Nieces, nephews and godchildren came up in nearly every response.
    Marci Alboher, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Her impact felt online on social media and her resounding roster of sold out tour dates is also felt offline in times spent with her godchildren, nieces, and nephews.
    Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Personalize it, and gift as a memento that will remind them of their treasured relationship with their godchild.
    Annie O'Sullivan, Woman's Day, 1 Dec. 2022
  • And the overwhelming majority had close relationships with children in their lives — nieces and nephews, godchildren, and children of friends.
    Jill Filipovic, Cosmopolitan, 2 May 2017
  • As a licensed royal expert, the upcoming wedding between the parents of my future godchildren (Meghan Markle and Prince Harry) isn’t just a joyous occasion for me.
    Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 8 May 2018
  • Tom is also survived by his sister, Mary Lang Diamond, and numerous beloved nieces, nephews and godchildren.
    Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Her memories are replete with references to surrogate grandmas and second mothers, godparents and godchildren, aunts and uncles, none of whom are related.
    Molly Ball, Time, 3 Oct. 2019

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