How to Use disinherit in a Sentence

disinherit

verb

• She threatened to disinherit her son and leave him penniless.
• At the beginning, he had been reviled and disinherited by his harsh warrior father Randyll Tarly, who sent him to the Night's Watch where he was mocked and abused.
  — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2017
• The rest of the verdict was for a series of moves through which Roberta Dickson essentially disinherited Shook.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2017
• Many states have laws in place protecting a surviving spouse from being disinherited, so your father’s wife could claim up to half of the value of the house, regardless of your father’s will.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2017
• This hurricane disinherited the meek, who were supposed to inherit the earth.
  — By Michael Browning, miamiherald, 25 Aug. 2015
• But upon learning that his uncle had disinherited two of his children for marrying non-Jews, Lieberman got the will revised.
  — Peter Beinart, The Atlantic, 19 May 2017
• If Wallace and Klemmer were declared to be in violation and disinherited, their right as beneficiaries would skip them and go to their children.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2019
• Jane’s son Edward was at best a useless boy-king, and at worst a divisive religious extremist who disinherited his sisters.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 25 May 2018
• Some, for example, decide to disinherit an unloving child.
  — Leonard Schwarz, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
• Remember that among the disinherited there’s a mystic language.
  — Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2016
• But Larry’s third daughter, Caroline, has her doubts—an attitude that infuriates him and leads to his decision to disinherit her.
  — Dinitia Smith, WSJ, 6 May 2022
• Keryn Redstone has asserted that she has been disinherited of $6 million and potentially $1 billion more.
  — Emily Steel, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2016
• Political differences are also not a reason to disinherit a child.
  — Christine Fletcher, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• As an only son, he was essentially disinherited from his mother’s legacy.
  — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
• Crucially, Poe wrote his story in poverty in Baltimore after being disinherited by his wealthy stepfather and while his wife was dying of tuberculosis.
  — Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
• According to court documents, Nupson’s mother considered disinheriting her because of her personal problems.
  — Bob Fernandez, Philly.com, 26 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024