Sentence examples for oldest and only from inspiring English sources

Mr. Brennan was the oldest and only male of four siblings, including twins.

I was the oldest and only son, talked to them every morning on the way to the gym".

He says his 12-year-old business is the oldest, and only, paintball supply store in Brooklyn.

Nevertheless, as the oldest and only daughter of a coldly disapproving mother, Barbara Witchel rarely felt truly deserving of praise and was surprised when she received it.

The 52-year war between the Colombian state and the FARC is the oldest and only armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere, and the last one held over from the Cold War.

As Hesther schemes to get her oldest (and only) friend out of the way, Clarissa in turn falls in love with the dashing Peter Rokeby Stewart Grangerr, Gainsborough's fourth star), who has lost his estate in the West Indies to a slave revolt and is eking out a living as a traveling player.

"She was definitely the girly girl," recalled Suzanne Witt, her older and only sibling.

Her older and only brother died from a drug overdose 17 years ago.

He also got rid of the family cat which was old and only had one eye.

The country is just 42 years old and only finalised its borders in 2001.

I was 8 years old and only intermittently quick on the uptake.