How to Use bequeath in a Sentence

bequeath

verb

• He bequeathed his paintings to the museum.
• Lessons of the past are bequeathed to future generations.
• The bandeau and the brooch were bequeathed by Queen Mary to The Queen in 1953.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 19 May 2018
• Life, and the weight of what is bequeathed, can be unfair.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• This is the first step in reclaiming the legacy bequeathed to us by the Founders.
  — Saul Cornell, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2019
• But Kim Jong Un was 27 when he was bequeathed the country.
  — Anna Fifield, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2018
• The legacy Bertrand bequeathed to her daughter lives on in full force both in Jolie’s life and in the lives of her kids.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 28 May 2017
• Baez lost command of the strike zone, missing high and low to bequeath Wolters first base.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 22 May 2018
• Want to bequeath sparkle but don’t love the thought of taking out a second mortgage?
  — WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• She was then bequeathed to his son Thomas Howlett, according to his will.
  — The Root, 16 Feb. 2018
• Their place in the standings ahead of Seattle has been earned, not bequeathed because of the Mariners’ uneven play.
  — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2018
• That’s because millions of firms owned by baby boomers will be for sale or bequeathed over the next two decades.
  — Anne Field, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The scene takes place in 1917, when Redshirt bequeaths the powerful amulet to young Sam Tallman.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
• Evolution did not bequeath us a brain and a mind that is good at adopting long-term healthy habits.
  — Emma Seppälä, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2018
• The man has no kids or immediate next of kin to bequeath the estate to who could preserve it.
  — Tim Latterner, House Beautiful, 13 Aug. 2020
• Wait too long and leaders throughout this region will bequeath to their grandkids the bill for 2020.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• A minute later, the neighbors were recounting how good each of them had been to the deceased old man and what the deceased had promised to bequeath to whom.
  — Artem Chapeye, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• News of her mother’s sudden passing takes her back home and to the even more shocking news that her mother has bequeathed the house to her.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 5 May 2023
• And that is exactly the kind of bravery that his grandfather bequeathed to him.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2018
• Sally could leave a will that specifically bequeaths the house to Dave.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2023
• Three years ago, the Butkus Foundation bequeathed its high school version of the award to Jefferson.
  — Nick Moyle, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
• The nephews’ descendants had lived there until the 1960s, when the final heir bequeathed it to her nurse, a relative of the butcher.
  — Hussein Omar Simon Watson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• There is nothing new to pass on, no greater knowledge to bequeath the next generation.
  — Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018
• Politicians bequeathed their seats to their sons and, less commonly, wives and daughters.
  — Philip Issa, Fox News, 7 May 2018
• The family says the artist had given the painting to his sister Marie, who bequeathed it to her nephew, Philippe’s grandfather.
  — New York Times, 3 July 2018
• The shack — one of 19 that persist along the windswept edge of Provincetown’s northwest shore — was bequeathed to the painter by the original owner, a close family friend.
  — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• The will bequeathed half of the company to Donatella's daughter, Allegra, who was 11 at the time.
  — Molly Young, GQ, 20 Mar. 2018
• The state can place a lien on each home, which will have to be paid off when the house is sold or passed on — greatly reducing what these homeowners can bequeath to heirs.
  — ProPublica, 12 May 2010
• Thompson wanted three things from The Citadel: to retire Marc’s jersey, award him an honorary degree and bequeath him a Citadel ring.
  — By Joan Chrissos, miamiherald, 7 Oct. 2017
• In any case, Trumpism has bequeathed America not merely a post-fact but post-rule-of-law culture.
  — Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 9 May 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024