only-child

I had the only-child syndrome of loving my independence to the point of being a bit socially retarded.

Hayley Atwell: 'The real me is a loner, a nerd and a bit overweight' Kate Kellaway 2010

- In addition to both parents being only-child, many exceptions have existed.

Global Voices in English » China: One-Child Policy Heading for a Revision 2009

"Because we're an only-child born of the iPad, we're not intimidated by print or trying to imitate it," said Cook, invoking images of sibling rivalry.

I-Pad interactive arts & fashion magazine launched 2011

That only-child Betty was close to her parents, Horace and Tess, can be seen in this 1954 California Voter Registration (available on Ancestry. com) in which the then 32-year-old Democrat shared the same address as her Republican parents.

Megan Smolenyak: Betty White: White-Hot in Cleveland or Not 2010

A studious only-child from Rio de Janeiro's middle-class Tijuca neighborhood, he joined Pactual — then a small trading house — in 1989 as a back-office computer technician.

BTG Pactual Banks on Growth John Lyons 2010

A studious only-child from Rio de Janeiro's middle-class Tijuca suburb, he joined Pactual — then a small trading house — in 1989 as a back-office computer technician.

BTG Pactual Banks on Growth John Lyons 2010

A studious only-child from Rio de Janeiro's middle-class Tijuca suburb, he joined Pactual — then a small trading house — in 1989 as a back-office computer technician.

BTG Pactual Banks on Growth John Lyons 2010

A studious only-child from Rio de Janeiro's middle-class Tijuca suburb, he joined Pactual — then a small trading house — in 1989 as a back-office computer technician.

BTG Pactual Banks on Growth John Lyons 2010

Not really something the McCain camp want to focus attention on since only-child Cindy McCain has one (or is it two) half-sister is not too happy at being ignored and forgotten in her father's will.

Poll: As Conventions Approach, Dems Trouncing GOP In Image, Party I.D. 2009

For me, part of what was so great about my time in France was France itself, and part of it was becoming a real grownup after leading a pretty sheltered only-child existence in the U.S. and going to college in a town with one stop light.

Stuck between cultures « Musings from an overworked translator 2009