bequeath

Example Sentences

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“Her voice was as sweet as her engagements were fiery. She bequeaths us tunes and images that will never leave us.”

From Los Angeles Times

Put differently, the threat of "misaligned" AGI is that Homo sapiens disappears and we bequeath the world to a successor, but this successor lacks something necessary for the rest of cosmic history to have "value."

From Salon

A killer couldn't ask for a better legacy to bequeath to a son who loves the idea of who he might have been if he were good.

From Salon

Chi and Amir kept Lord’s baroque-style statues outdoors, and when Lord’s daughters bequeathed their father’s baby grand piano to them, they graciously accepted.

From Los Angeles Times

For her part, Ms. Hoffmann, in a telephone interview, described her mother’s legacy in terms of what she bequeathed to her daughters.

From New York Times