heirloom

Example Sentences

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“I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

"He bought a land cruiser he handed it down the family, he thought it was a very important family heirloom to pass down," William said.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

At Camden Harbour Inn, pastry chef Gwynthe Frenchette served me a tartlet of heirloom Gravenstein apples from nearby School House Farm, topped by a tidy quenelle of applewood-smoked almond ice cream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

The orchard’s 16 heirloom varieties, older cultivars passed down by generations of farmers, are fenced to keep out the crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

I slice and slice, a basketful of strangely shaped heirloom tomatoes.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart