Sentence examples for eldest from high-quality English sources.

• It has, therefore, been in the hands of your eldest brother.”

• And we actually bought my eldest daughter a laptop for Christmas.

• He appointed his eldest grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabbānī (1897–1957),…

• The eldest princess and Prince Vasíli, recovering themselves, followed her.

• He appointed his eldest grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabbānī (1897–1957), his successor.

• During this period, Dicky “just seemed different,” Joe Conant, the second eldest, remembers.

• “That’s funny,” Lisa, the eldest, would say to the others, who were gathered like disciples around her.

• In exceptional cases, primogeniture may prescribe such preferential inheritance to the line of the eldest daughter.

Use eldest in a sentence.

• THREE YOUNG MEN LOVE THREE SISTERS AND FLEE WITH THEM INTO CRETE, WHERE THE ELDEST SISTER FOR JEALOUSY SLAYETH HER LOVER.

• Three young men love three sisters and flee with them into Crete, where the eldest sister for jealousy slayeth her lover.

• On March 10, 1863, the prince of Wales married Alexandra, eldest daughter of Prince Christian (later King Christian IX) of Denmark.

• Ijeoma, her eldest sister, was coming from Connecticut; Chuks, her eldest brother, had flown in from London the day before.

• He then directed his next eldest son to shelter and care for all of his other children and their descendants, who composed the Chima panaca.

• Time passed on; and as the eldest son did not come back, and no tidings were heard of him, the second son set out, and the same thing happened to him.

• Parliament offers the throne to William and Mary, James eldest (Protestant) daughter rather that James' eldest (Catholic) son, James Francis Edward.

• Bre-X Minerals signed a generous deal with Mr Suharto's eldest son, Sigit Harjojudanto; its rival, Barrick Gold, joined forces with the president's eldest daughter, Siti Hardijanti Rukmana.

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• Trump’s eldest son and a top fund-raising official for the Trump re-election campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday before the event at Mount Rushmore, a person familiar with her condition said.

• It accuses the foundation and its directors - Mr Trump and his three eldest children - of unlawfully co-ordinating with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated self-dealing transactions, and violating laws under which non-profit organisations must operate.

• No scutage or aid shall be imposed in our kingdom unless by common counsel of our kingdom, except for ransoming our person, for making our eldest son a knight, and for once marrying our eldest daughter, and for these only a reasonable aid shall be levied.

• The woman involved in the case are: Lady Willa Franks, eldest daughter of the Earl of Balfour; Lady Eliza Dundas, eldest daughter of the Earl of Ronaldshay; Sarah Long, elder sister to the current Viscount Long of Wraxall; Tanya Field, eldest daughter of the Earl of Macclesfield, and Hatta Byng, eldest daughter of Viscount Torrington.