bequeath

Example Sentences

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Chambas told the Security Council that when AU leaders adopted the silencing the guns initiative “they were motivated by the desire to bequeath future generations of Africans a continent free of wars and conflicts.”

From Seattle Times

Forty percent of her estate was then bequeathed to her niece, the report noted, meaning that if the painting were to be sold, a portion of the revenue would legally belong to her niece’s children.

From New York Times

And yet the United States has failed to bequeath Americans most of the rights it now accuses TikTok of threatening.

From Washington Post

"In general, as we age, men are bequeathed gravitas but women are at best offered sympathy," she writes.

From BBC

Because Bill saw a kindred spirit in Joel as someone who protects those they love, he bequeaths everything he owns to Joel so he can keep Tess safe.

From Los Angeles Times