forebear

Example Sentences

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One of the Lynxley forebears invented a system of “weather walls” that ensure each type of animal can exist in his own ideal climate, from snowbound plains to the savannah.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shaw isn't merely a sarcastic foil to the old guys, he's genuine and honest and has good reasons to despise his forebears.

From Salon

“The Gates” calls back to its heraldic forebears — the Lion Gate in Mycenae, Greece; Hadrian’s Arch; the Brandenburg Gate; Shinto temple torii — as though you could access another realm by passing through its portal.

From New York Times

Richard Nixon was met in 1970 with a few thrown eggs, but by otherwise friendly crowds, and toured the graves of his Quaker forebears in Kildare.

From Seattle Times

Their forebears had purchased it in the late 1800s, and it spent the next century bouncing to different houses as younger generations inherited the work.

From Washington Post