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Example sentences for: eldest

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Albright was born Marie Jana Korbelova (Madeleine is the anglicized form of Madlenka, her childhood nickname) in Prague in 1937, the eldest child of Josef Korbel, a diplomat, and Mandula Spiegel.
While only a teen-ager, he became responsible, as the eldest son, for his siblings.
Finally, in 1908, King Carlos and his eldest son, Luís Filipe, were assassinated as they rode in an open carriage through the Praça do Comércio (see page 31) in Lisbon.
Transported by the Gulf Stream, it has even landed on my eldest grandson.
"The good Lord called upon them to sacrifice their eldest child, as a sign of their faith.