Sentence examples for having no sons from inspiring English sources

Having no sons, Mulan's sickly father is obligated to enlist.

Also, having no sons and wishing to secure the succession of his daughters Marie-Adélaide and Charlotte, he had the Luxembourg Parliament allow succession in the female line.

In Budapest, Heinrich married the daughter of the king's chamberlain, who, having no sons of his own, adopted Heinrich and passed on his barony to him.

These mothers were less concerned about being discarded, but worried about paying for their daughters' dowries and having no sons to care for them in their old age.

"My father says that having a son in the United States is like having no son at all," he said.

He had no sons but three daughters, one of whom died young.

It was common for married Korean men to feel ashamed if they had no sons.

The Colonel, who had no sons, was well pleased with his clever employee.

(The real Mr. LeBlanc is also divorced, but the details are different, and he has no sons, just a daughter).

Bobby's uncle Lew, who had no sons, groomed his nephew to take over his clothing business.

"In recent times, most of the menfolk in my family were Orthodox rabbis, and my father had no sons.