inherit
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"This generation didn't even have enough to eat growing up. Now with a little money, they have inherited the habit and custom of caging birds," he says.
From BBC
She would inherit a dysfunctional government and a corrupt judiciary, but her commitment to a new republic founded on freedom, property rights and the rule of law would give her a good start.
It announced, Ms. Newman writes, the “death knell to any remaining attachment to the inherited ideals of the Greek notion of beauty.”
I would like the amount they inherit to end up in the same ballpark.
From MarketWatch
These include head injuries related to trauma or stroke, infections such as meningitis, brain tumors, abnormal blood vessel structures, and inherited genetic conditions.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
