How to Use the eldest in a Sentence

the eldest

noun

• As the eldest, Wilson says that she was hit the hardest.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
• James has three children, the eldest of whom is a daughter.
  — Amy Dickinson, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
• Junior, the eldest, is an artist repeating 10th grade for the third time.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
• The Brannon family grew up in the St. Louis area, and Nancy was the eldest of 6 children.
  — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• Zak is the eldest son of Robin and the actor's first wife Valerie Velardi.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
• As the eldest of Prince William’s children, George is second in line for the throne after his father.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
• Crosby Reid Crosby is their third child and the eldest of Andy and Tammy's two daughters.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
• The family later moved to Muskogee, Okla., where Allen was the eldest of six daughters and two sons.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
• But the next day, only two of his sons were freed, leaving the eldest and youngest in captivity.
  — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
• Martha is the eldest child of Norway’s King Harald V and his only daughter.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• Aoki, the eldest of the daughters, also came online to share how her father had been lashing out at her and Ming.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 Dec. 2023
• Feinstein, the eldest of three girls, told a reporter that her mother had chased her around the dining room table with a carving knife.
  — Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Exhausted, with her personal life falling apart at the seams, Toni has long felt the burden of being the eldest — and the only daughter.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
• The latest to capture attention is none other than Grace Burns, the eldest daughter of Turlington.
  — Chloé Castanheira, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
• Williams played Greg, the eldest of the Brady children, while Henderson portrayed Carol, the matriarch of the family, in the classic sitcom.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• In this episode, Brooke, the eldest sister who works as a manager, has become crazed with her desire to be close to power, and decides to put on a telethon in support of mental health.
  — The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
• For Harry, the eldest and most traditional brother, and Jack, the younger brother and most eager to buck tradition, the explosion of 1956 had been on its way for five decades.
  — Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
• As the eldest son, Freddy was expected to take over his father’s real estate business.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• Two were biological kin, both younger than Savage, the eldest of 10 siblings.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
• Lara Flynn Boyle adds a rough edge as the eldest sibling, Linda, who smokes like a chimney and has long since abandoned feigning any semblance of affection for her mother.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
• Albanese also said the eldest son of former President Donald Trump had not been blocked from entering.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 7 July 2023
• There had been talk in Covington about moving Terry up to the varsity team this spring as a seventh grader, said his grandpa, the eldest Terry Badger.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2023
• Born in San Salvador in 1987, Torres is the eldest son of a civil engineer father and a mother who is an architect and fashion designer.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• Here’s the key: An extended sequence in which Tom calls the (grown) Roy children, who are attending the eldest son’s wedding on a yacht, and informs them that their father Logan may be dying on his private jet.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• And at one point, the audience began chanting for Kevin, to which the eldest brother and often quiet, guitar-playing presence got visibly teary-eyed.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
• And a few, like 59-year-old Hanan Barghouti, the eldest female prisoner to be released, were in indefinite Israeli custody without any charge.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
• For example, Abby went from being the eldest to having two older siblings in Elijah and Chloe — and Chloe went from being the only girl to suddenly having three sisters.
  — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• There are moments of levity, but the play is not a light lift—Paulson’s role, the eldest sister, Toni, furious and bitter in measures, perhaps especially.
  — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• Ren’s communication is often curt and there aren’t enough scenes in which the eldest daughter reveals her own desires, her thoughts or her life outside of the family vacation.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
• My mother was the eldest of six and always felt obligated, privileged even, to help her parents both financially and physically.
  — Essence, 26 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024