How to Use legacy in a Sentence

legacy

noun

• The war left a legacy of pain and suffering.
• He left his children a legacy of love and respect.
• She left us a legacy of a million dollars.
• Her artistic legacy lives on through her children.
• These things are the true legacies of the 2023 election.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
• To read more about Art’s life and legacy, please click on the link in our bio.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 16 June 2020
• Ross respects the legacy that the ix-inch boot has built.
  — Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
• But the film does probe the more sordid parts of the mayor’s legacy.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 9 June 2022
• Read on for a closer look at the life and legacy of Friedan.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Apr. 2020
• What is your hope for this book as a part of Rosling’s legacy?
  — Sarah Begley, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
• That so many were not over the past decade is a stain on the country’s legacy.
  — Time, 3 Nov. 2022
• Think of his legacy as something along the lines of a trail left by a snail.
  — Ted Cox, Chicago Reader, 21 Dec. 2017
• Fulks came up with those names as a salute to Huntsville's space legacy.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2019
• The look on his face seems both honored and awed by this legacy.
  — Amy Paige Condon, ajc, 6 Mar. 2022
• That comes back to the legacy of redlining and neglect.
  — Veronica Penney, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
• Franklin looks back with pride on the legacy of her music.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2018
• The deal appears to add value to the legacy software firm.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 16 Sep. 2022
• That kind of legacy demands a home worth its weight in, well, gold.
  — Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 13 Dec. 2022
• Though what that legacy might be is a big question mark.
  — Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2022
• Your legacy lives on in kindness and being 'that sassy queen' in my eyes.
  — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 11 July 2021
• But make no mistake about it, this will be Trump's legacy.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2022
• This is all about passing down the treasures, the legacy of culture.
  — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
• This defies the physics of legacy media, in which things tend to get smaller.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
• And this legacy has continued to inspire hope that the city will be again.
  — Melissa Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2021
• Still, his imprint can be found at dozens of restaurants in the city, and his legacy will live on there as well.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
• His life and his legacy are a great example for us all.
  — Scott Hanson, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
• There’s tons of tools right now to kind of make sure that your ‘digital legacy’ lives on.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2022
• Gumbs said the project has grown from the legacy of feminist bookstores.
  — Eric Ginsburg, Teen Vogue, 8 Jan. 2019
• With each new production, Brady continues to raise the bar, leaving an enduring legacy at GC.
  — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
• Now local welding students are building replicas to restore their legacy.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024