passed down

Example Sentences

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That’s money which is not only never received, but never available to be spent, saved or passed down.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

"This made it clear that their longer healthspan was passed down to subsequent generations," he says.

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

“The Last Human Bear” is about the inescapability of inheritance, and it is only in delivering her sprawling confessions that Mary begins to accept the powers passed down to her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“Time and Water” touches on the epic verse called rimurs, passed down via chanted song by Icelandic women, their descriptive, sorrowful tales like dispatches from previous ages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

You only need to know that it exists and that it is a curse that has been passed down from generation to generation.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo