Sentence examples for third sons from inspiring English sources

"Those who can leave town are the second and third sons or daughters.

His second and third sons are still on the Chino Hills high-school team, and they have also committed to U.C.L.A.

Untitled second and third sons, jealous lovers, ambitious stepmothers, rival dukes — dealing with these are what take up your time as a medieval noble (or should if you're smart, unlike King Flann).

By the beginning of the 18th century life expectancy was rising among landed Scots but second and third sons had little hope of becoming farmers.In this section The eye of the Buddha Home to the world A burning imagination Migrant tales The known and the unknown ReprintsFor many of these, the Act of Union with England in 1707 came as a blessing.

Just as the second and third sons of the wealthy European families were sent to derive wealth from the colonies... "Some day all those unlovely derricks will be gone, and so will the picket fence and the graves.

The new law of primogeniture will not affect British royals born before 2011, meaning the lines of Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth II's second and third sons, still come before the line of their older sister Anne, Princess Royal.

Sheridan was the third son of Thomas and Frances Sheridan.

A third son, William, died before him.

"I lost my first son, my third son.

A third son, John, died in infancy.

A third son also has asthma.