son - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • bear: I only can find 2 of his sons born in bethnal Green London.
  • survive: In his turn Titus vows revenge and sends his surviving son Lucius to the Goths to raise an army.
  • adopt: She kept her personal life private but she had in fact adopted a son and had three grandchildren.

Adjective modifier

  • eldest: The picture is of the earl's eldest son paying his final respects.
  • illegitimate: William Davidson and the Cato Street Conspiracy William Davidson was born in the 1780s, the illegitimate son of the Jamaican Attorney General.
  • elder: Elder son of Herbert Manley and Alice Dundas Manley, of 15, St. Johns Church Road, Folkestone.
  • prodigal: An eternal moment was captured when the Father ran out to embrace his prodigal son, and his heart toward you hasn't changed.
  • teenage: Your teenage son is playing rock music in his room with some friends.
  • beloved: Beloved son of Kenneth and Margaret of Church Farm, Moorhouse, and brother of Kevin, Karen and Gillian.

Modifies a noun

  • Nichola: Their son Nicholas was born in 1976 and daughter Larissa in 1977.
  • telemachus: The only people to escape being frozen are Ulysses, his son Telemachus, alien girl Yumi and pet robot Nono.

Noun used with modifier

  • thy: Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son 's mandrakes.

Possessives

  • mandrake: Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Possessives

  • carpenter: Edward Richard George Heath was a carpenter's son from Broadstairs in Kent.
  • king: He vowed to spend the rest of his life telling people what the king's son had done for him.

Preposition: of

  • bitch: I had to beat the son of a bitch to death with the chair!
  • perdition: The whole world will be worshiping Satan and the son of perdition.
  • clergyman: Herman Boerhaave was born at Voorhout about 15 Km from Leyden in 1668; the son of a Dutch clergyman.
  • immigrant: Fast bowler Mahmood, the son of Pakistani immigrants, responded to the jeers of the massed ranks of Pakistan supporters with two wickets.
  • god: The five emperors whose titles included " son of god " ruled for nearly a hundred years.

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