Sentence examples for the firstborn son from inspiring English sources

As the firstborn son of immigrants, where do you stand on American immigration policy?

As the firstborn son of a cadre supérieur, an educated member of the colonial administration, An had the rare honor of receiving a French colonial birth certificate.

In Mongol culture, legitimate leadership was supposed to be confined to the direct heir of Genghis Khan, and to pass only to the firstborn son of each generation.

The whole point of male primogeniture is that it's an immovable thing, ensuring that the firstborn son smoothly assumes his rightful place when his turn comes round.

David was born on December 2, 1932, in Toronto, Canada, the firstborn son of the late Dalton R. and Charlotte (Dale) Brydson.

Now two of the leading accusees, Colin Powell and Dick Cheney, are assuming positions at the very top of the American government, subordinate only to the firstborn son of another of the leading accusees.

Strick gained inspiration from a Moses parallel that had Penguin killing the firstborn sons of Gotham.

Sometimes, especially in mystical thought, such language becomes extravagant, foreshadowed by vivid biblical metaphors such as the husband-wife relation in Hosea, the "adoption" motif in Ezekiel 16, and the firstborn-son relation in Exodus 4 22.

In her welcome new biography of Edward VII, who succeeded Queen Victoria on the British throne, Jane Ridley explains how this firstborn son managed to spend time in court — and not the kind of court royalty is supposed to frequent.

In some Shintō shrines Ebisu is identified with Hiru-ko (usually translated "Leech Child"), the misconceived firstborn son of the creator couple Izanami and Izanagi, who considered him inadequate and set him adrift in a reed boat.

"Abusive love's all that's on offer here," the rivalrous firstborn son, Daniel Will Brilll), says of his parents.