'elder' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'elder' with 18 example sentences.
- elder adjective
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: used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
- elder noun
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: a person who is older than you are
: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
: any of various church officers
I think that my younger brother is stronger than my elder brother.
Our great-great-grandmother died the day after my elder sister was born.
My elder brother finished his homework very quickly.
My elder brother plays the guitar very well.
Don't hesitate to speak just because I am your elder.
Then the younger sibling set off, and the elder remained behind.
Today is my elder sister's birthday.
His elder sister is older than my eldest brother.
My elder brother got a position in a big business.
The elder gods are waking up.
Ken shared the room with his elder brother.
She adores her elder brother.
My elder sister is afraid of all doctors.
Her elder daughter is married.
My elder brother doesn't do sports.
His elder son is studying at college.
The company is managed by my elder brother.
He is less clever than his elder brother.