inherited

Example Sentences

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He raised the roof of the house he inherited; added wings, a porch and a cupola; and selected—along with his wife, Martha—the interior’s paint colors, wallpapers and furniture.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We've got to be honest with people about the state of things. They have inherited a mess, but they will turn it around."

From BBC

Families have told the BBC they are being left to pay thousands of pounds a year in fees for empty retirement properties inherited from loved ones.

From BBC

For the rest, I could take $400,000 out of an inherited Roth IRA that must be liquidated within 10 years.

From MarketWatch

The anonymous owner, who is based on the US West Coast, told Christie's he had inherited the drawing from his grandmother.

From BBC