only child

noun

: a person who never had a brother or sister

Examples of only child in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Maryanne’s childhood friend was heiress Mari Hulman George, her classmate in Catholic grade school in Terre Haute and only child of Tony Hulman, the man who owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and started the Indianapolis 500 Race back in 1946. —Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026

Zendaya is the only child of Stoermer and her father, Kazembe Ajamu Coleman. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026

The only child of a single mother, Munoz-Pederson, 30, had grown up in a small western Minnesota town. —Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026

Angie Marchese, vice president of archives and exhibits at Graceland, came up with a few more boxes of unseen footage, a stash of Super 8 movies of Elvis that included rare footage of Elvis with his wife, Priscilla Presley, and only child, Lisa Marie Presley. —Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for only child

• domiciled
• reconciled
• undefiled
• beguiled
• brainchild
• compiled
• defiled
• exiled
• grandchild
• profiled
• refiled
• reviled