bequeathed

Example Sentences

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Slot was bequeathed quality, but he put his own stamp on it to make Liverpool title winners.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

But many who served in the front lines maintained their revolutionary zeal, becoming more determined to sustain the regime Khomeini bequeathed to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The world they bequeathed to us was immeasurably better than the world they'd inherited from their parents.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

“Hey, supervisor!” — as he strode past Town Hall to Imagination Park, a gift the city’s most famous resident, filmmaker George Lucas, bequeathed along with life-sized statues of Yoda and Indiana Jones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

Frances and her husband took him in for a while, until his maternal grandfather died and bequeathed Charles enough money to pay for college.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow