How to Use stepchild in a Sentence

stepchild

noun

• The school has long been the forgotten stepchild of the state university system.
• Athens police have charged a man in the death of his two-year-old stepchild.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• The report came from the couple's stepchild, the report states.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2023
• The Cast platform has always been a weird stepchild in the Google OS lineup.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2022
• Plaut is a stepchild of Arleen Plaut and Reno Lifschutz.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2017
• Dateline spoke with Camille and two of Amos’s stepchildren.
  — Sarah Portney, NBC News, 19 June 2023
• Frozen foods might be the stepchild of the culinary world these days, with the attention paid to a farm-fresh approach.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• Davidson, the wife of the late Julian Davidson, is the mother to three stepchildren.
  — Special To Al.com, AL.com, 14 May 2017
• Nope is like the cosmically perfect stepchild of the two.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2022
• My Wife Didn’t Cook, and have six children and stepchildren ranging from 7 to 21 years old.
  — Don Stacom, courant.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• In the past, Oakland has always been a stepchild to San Francisco.
  — J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• My three adult stepchildren took my husband away from our home two years ago.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2019
• The petition was filed on behalf of one of Doss’ stepchildren.
  — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2018
• Rosacea tends to be like the red-haired stepchild of the dermatological world.
  — April Long, Town & Country, 9 Apr. 2020
• Would Lillian like to play governess to her two stepchildren?
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• The worker, who was 50 years old, left behind a wife and five children, as well as two stepchildren.
  — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 6 May 2020
• Sound design is a stepchild that’s neglected at best, abused at worst.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
• Bush soaped down her new stepchildren and outfitted them with her own kids’ clothes.
  — Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 12 May 2018
• Missing out San Jose has long been the stepchild of Silicon Valley.
  — Rob Copeland, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2020
• The network’s streaming stepchild, Peacock, is going to spread its tail too.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
• Ebert is survived by his two stepchildren and four grandkids.
  — Amanda Montell, Woman's Day, 5 Apr. 2013
• The recipe was a stepchild of her soda bread, leaving out the buttermilk, and putting in the sweet plantains and vanilla instead.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 2 June 2020
• The woman -- who is the sister of Mitchell's fiance -- was dropping off Mitchell's stepchildren when the fight happened.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 12 Sep. 2017
• Matthews leaves behind his wife, Rachel, three children and two stepchildren.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 17 June 2017
• Steinert is survived by his wife, April, two sons and a daughter, as well as three stepchildren.
  — Courtney Perkes, Orange County Register, 8 June 2017
• In a viral Reddit post, a man has been cheered for his decision to sell his house and cut ties with his stepchildren.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• The Air Force veteran is also mom to two very young kids and three older stepchildren.
  — Celeste Katz, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2018
• The 20-year-old was suddenly in charge of a giant house and three stepchildren: Marion, Thomas Jr. and William.
  — Katherine Hobbs, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
• Jane Unger is the mother of an adult son, Ben, three stepchildren, and seven grandchildren.
  — Diane Kline & Jane Unger, Redbook, 30 Nov. 2012
• His guilt was not in doubt. McDonald, who has two children and three stepchildren, would charge the 10th-grader as an adult.
  — Joshua Lott, Washington Post, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024