Example sentences for: eldest

How can you use “eldest” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 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.

  • My eldest brother must have suffered the same dilemma in reverse.

  • While only a teen-ager, he became responsible, as the eldest son, for his siblings.

  • A month ago, Kim Basinger, wife of eldest Baldwin brother Alec, won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in L.A.

  • "The good Lord called upon them to sacrifice their eldest child, as a sign of their faith.


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