bequest

Example Sentences

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I have one daughter who is well off, having received a generous bequest through my deceased sister’s will.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

In 1838 the U.S. received more than $500,000 from that bequest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Perhaps its most lasting bequest to television, however, is the messy friend defined by Dunham’s Hannah Horvath.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025

The left-field bequest — as if tending to Walter’s legacy with an overdue book of his correspondence wasn’t enough — is, to Iris, a mystery on top of a conundrum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

In the embers of the last days of the Roman Empire we are able, out of centuries of silence, to hear the only living musical bequest of the Ancient World.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall