How to Use only child in a Sentence

only child

noun

• Spence was her mother’s only child and the two were close.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
• Emilio, their only child, died of leukemia two years later, in the arms of his mom and dad.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
• Cher is the only child of Holt and John Sarkisian, who divorced when the singer was 10-months-old.
  — Ashley Hume, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
• Presley, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died Jan. 12 at the age of 54.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 13 July 2023
• Presley, 54, was the only child of rock icon Elvis Presley.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
• Her only child, Nigel, died by suicide on April 18 that year.
  — Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• Our only child at that time was going to a public school.
  — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 15 July 2024
• That of a tragic heroine who lost her only child at sea.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
• Her husband is on the front line, and Vova is an only child, so Kucherenko lives in their small, tidy house alone.
  — Claire Harbage, NPR, 22 May 2024
• Starke is the only child of Close and ex-partner, movie producer John Starke.
  — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
• Know your kid Being the only child on an all-adults tour isn’t going to work for every kid.
  — Christine Sarkis, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
• My grandmother, for example, blamed the Nazis for the death of her only child.
  — Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
• Mother’s plea For Russell, the ache of losing Sarah – her only child – hasn’t dulled with time.
  — Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025
• Wu grew up in San Jose, the only child of immigrant parents.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024
• In 1928, Francis gave birth to Dorothy Williams, her only child, and raised her as a single mother.
  — Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
• She’s been open about her grief journey while raising the couple’s only child, a son named Elvis.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2023
• Smith, the only child of Solange Knowles, walked the show with his grandmother supporting him from her front row seat.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 27 June 2025
• Angus Mitchell, the only child of hairstylist Paul Mitchell, has died.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
• Luckily for the world of rum Dr Spence was an only child and her mother had other plans.
  — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
• The actress believes her 17-year-old son is her best friend but does have healthy boundaries with her only child.
  — Essence, 16 Oct. 2024
• For a parent of an only child, the bar could also be customized with the baby’s first name.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024
• For Demchuk, tearful and mourning the loss of her only child, there can be no retreat from Bakhmut.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Born in Bryan, Texas, in 1918 and raised in Houston, Hood was the only child of a banker father and a mother who faced mental health challenges.
  — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
• Their only child, Julien, came out as transgender at age 11.
  — Trip Gabriel Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• Jones is survived by the couple’s only child, Flynn Earl Jones.
  — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2024
• Frances Bean Cobain, an artist and model, was her father's only child with wife Courtney Love.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
• Phil and Jill welcomed their first and only child together, a daughter named Lily Collins, in 1989.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 15 Aug. 2024
• Trump is the president's youngest son and only child with Melania Trump, the current first lady.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
• Their daughter, now their only child, understands what's happened, in a way.
  — David Chiu, People.com, 6 July 2025
• Beckinsale is the only child of Loe and her first husband, beloved British comedy actor Richard Beckinsale.
  — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025