How to Use love child in a Sentence

love child

noun
  • Pence looks like the love child of Rasputin and the Nick Nolte mugshot.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The result is like the love child of a mai tai and an old-fashioned.
    Lou Bustamante, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2018
  • That Trump fathered a love child with a colleague in the 80s.
    Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Think of this series as the love child of Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Or would the unwanted child be the love child of the princess and Prince Charming?
    WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Think of it as the love child of mac and cheese and nachos, but vegan.
    Noma Nazish, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Because of the higher fat content, a creemee tastes like the love child of soft serve and ice cream.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
  • If a fruit crisp and a pie got together, this would their love child.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Not quite a balm and not quite a gloss, lip oils are essentially the love child of both.
    Allure, 20 July 2022
  • The biz, which had its grand opening at the end of March, serves breakfast, lunch and their scrumptious love child, brunch.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The Asian pear could be the love child between a pear and jicama with some melon thrown in.
    Becky Krystal, The Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Curl creams are like the love child of a leave-in conditioner and a curl styling product.
    Marielle Marlys, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2022
  • This jacket is like the love child of a hooded soft-shell vest and a cashmere cardigan.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 2 July 2022
  • Key Specs At first glance, the Mistel looks bizarre, like the love child of a typewriter and an old-school pair of headphones.
    Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Imagine if pot de crème and panna cotta had a love child.
    Odette Williams, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
  • She’s also the secret love child of Ellis Grey and Richard Webber!!!
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The news of Schwarzenegger’s love child in 2011, who bears a striking resemblance to him, caused his wife Maria Shriver to leave him.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
  • Grab one for your closest fairy tale-loving child or, just show up to get a unicorn for yourself.
    Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Think of the Devour as the love child of technical sunglasses and goggles.
    Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2021
  • It is shaped like the love child of a conical junonia sea shell and the spindle-like fusilli pasta.
    Nik Sharma, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2017
  • With no fenders, a wide track, and a low stance, Enyo looks less like a custom ’48 Chevy truck and more like the love child of a post-war Chevy truck and an open-wheel race car.
    Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Erin also loved children and became a babysitter to the Lee's daughter.
    Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 June 2018
  • And another that a doorman at Trump tower would say to keep quiet about a Trump love child.
    Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • That goes over about as well as John Edwards having an affair and love child while his wife fought cancer.
    Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • This includes the mixie (a pixie and mullet hybrid) and the shaggy bowl cut (a shag and bowl haircut's love child).
    Annie Blay, Allure, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Kuchibhotla, who loved children, would have liked that.
    Max Londberg, kansascity, 10 Jan. 2018
  • If toasted buttered brioche, creme brûlée, and flan were in a thruple, Win Son Bakery’s custard toast would be their love child.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Kanye, meanwhile, looks less like a worm and more like the love child of the Fly and the Predator, especially in the surreal video Kardashian shared.
    Hilary Hughes, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The supply chain is in your face, like a Kardashian-Trump love child, and there’s no escaping it and its little problems.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Adding insult to injury, Laura learns of the affair, and the love child, just one year after the tragic passing of her and Enzo’s beloved son, Dino.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023

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