How to Use inherit in a Sentence
inherit
verb
- She inherited a love of baseball from her dad.
- When the coach quit, her assistant inherited a last-place team.
- Baldness is inherited from the mother's side of the family.
- She inherited her father's deep blue eyes.
- She inherited the family business from her father.
- When my brother left for college, I inherited his old computer.
- The company's new president will inherit some complicated legal problems.
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The late monarch was not supposed to inherit the throne.
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Marysabel Huston-Crespo,
CNN,
16 Sep. 2022
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Their name and fame are inherited; so, too, the wealth.
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Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
29 Feb. 2024
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That was the thing, even if meant inheriting a 2-14 team.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Dec. 2023
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As a Black woman from the South, many of her not-so-healthy habits were inherited and, for the first half of my life, passed down to me as well.
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Deanna Taylor,
Essence,
20 Mar. 2024
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It was expected at the time one of the boys might inherit the team, but that never happened.
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Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2023
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The Cougars, who were second last week, have 23 of 32 first-place votes and inherit the top spot in the wake of a pair of losses by North Carolina.
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Eddie Timanus,
USA TODAY,
29 Nov. 2022
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In many states, there are laws about how much of the estate a surviving spouse must inherit.
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Jim Farmer,
Forbes,
19 Apr. 2023
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, who is set to one day be queen, will likely inherit some.
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Rosa Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
14 Sep. 2022
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The throne will be inherited by her younger brother, Crown Prince Haakon.
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Adela Suliman,
Washington Post,
14 Sep. 2023
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Will our heir have to pay any taxes on the money in the Roth account when inherited?
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Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2023
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And what about the trauma that people inherit, and vow not to replicate, and do replicate?
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Sasha Frere-Jones,
Harper’s Magazine ,
4 Nov. 2022
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The children born within its walls inherit these gifts of hatred and anger.
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Jordan Castro,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
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But what kind of world are these young people going to inherit?
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David Boynton,
Fortune,
25 Jan. 2023
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The British line of succession delineates who will inherit the throne and become the king or queen of Great Britain.
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Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
8 Sep. 2022
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Although Anne had grown up in splendor, none of it—not the house, the land, the jewels, the antiquities—was hers to inherit.
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Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2023
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The couple is also expected to inherit the titles of Prince and Princess of Wales.
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Nicole Briese,
Peoplemag,
26 Jan. 2023
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Our future workplaces–the ones my children and yours will inherit–rely on us to get this right.
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Erin Grau,
Fortune,
14 May 2023
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Without a trust, her kids would likely inherit all the money at once, Fuller said.
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Megan Marples,
CNN,
16 Sep. 2022
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And the thing that enabled her to do this, her position of power, hadn’t been inherited; it had been earned.
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Nell McShane Wulfhart,
Washington Post,
4 Aug. 2023
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While Olympia appears to have inherited her mom's tennis talent, the 6-year-old isn't quite as big of a fan of the game as the rest of her family.
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Charna Flam,
Peoplemag,
15 Nov. 2023
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Most of us inherit our money mind-set from our parents.
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Elaine Welteroth,
Washington Post,
18 July 2023
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In the corner of the living room, a vintage Belgian Brutalist oak cabinet holds a record collection Gardner inherited from her father.
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Mel Studach,
Architectural Digest,
29 Oct. 2024
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The next president will nonetheless inherit an economy that is working pretty well both for households and businesses, Axios' Neil Irwin notes.
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Axios,
2 Nov. 2024
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