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Example sentences for "only surviving"

  • His lordship was the eldest and only surviving son of the Rev.

  • His lordship was the younger and only surviving son of the first Viscount Canterbury, better known as Sir Charles Manners Sutton, for seventeen years Speaker of the House of Commons.

  • Dorset, and had an only surviving child, Marcia, who eloped with Richard Brinsley Sheridan in May 1835.

  • For some weeks he had been negotiating a close alliance with France on the basis of a marriage between Henry's only surviving child, Mary, and the worn-out voluptuary Francis.

  • Isabell, who married John Macrae, second wadsetter of Conchra (sasine 1697), only surviving son of the Rev.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "only surviving" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    closer examination; commonly applied; described below; for sale; little speech; looking about; only about; only answered; only brother; only come; only fair; only five; only four; only just; only known; only laughed; only look; only love; only party; only possible; only remains; only said; only sixteen; only they; only thought; only wished