Percival Nowell was my only son--my only child of late years.
You are my only son, and you must needs he something nearer to me than the rest of the world, in spite of all that I have suffered at your hands.
There were my beloved mother and my grandmother, in the first place, both of whom doted on me as on an only son.
There is an omission of one generation, however, owing to the early death of Mr. Malbone Littlepage, who left an only son to succeed him.
This was quite convenient, and may have been a reason, in addition to the fact of my being an only son, that I was so great a favorite with the females of my family.
Is she such a woman as a plain country gentleman would like his only son to marry--ay or no?
And Leonard, commonly called Lenny, was an only son, and his mother a widow.
John and I have already considered the amount, and he quite agrees with me as to what I ought to give to my only brother's only son.
First was recorded on the slab the death of Augustus Cuthbert Melcombe, only son of Cuthbert Melcombe, gent.
I will not defy you in secret, like Peter; but I will go and bid my only son God-speed, though the whole world conspired to prevent me.
It is not the moment for me to cherish resentment, least of all against my only son.
Vexed with my boy, my darling, my only son, on the very day when God has given him back to me?
He was the only son of Mrs. Brand's only son, Colonel Cathcart Brand, long dead.
I see you have a new ring on your finger; but how could I suppose you would encourage an only son thus to leave his parents?
On the other hand, the prisoner was a fine young gentleman, an only son, and had been fighting the Turks, though it would have been better to have fought the French among his own countrymen.
And, Bharadwaja, O Bharata's son, had an only son, named Yavakri.
Considering how constantly liable to disease are all organized beings, to have an only son is but a trouble.
He had been an only son, made much of by his parents (hence the pet name Nochumtzi clinging to him even in his old age), and never let out of their sight.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "only son" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
