Example Sentences

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When Daemon's conduct becomes intolerable, Viserys disinherits and banishes him.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

When Morosus’s nephew Henry shows up with his theater troupe, Morosus, appalled at Henry’s chosen career, disinherits him and insults his wife, Aminta.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2022

If she disinherits me, her only child, I can’t make it up to my half-siblings.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2021

Sebald’s melancholy flâneur, then, already disinherits Baudelaire’s 19th-century optimism.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2013

Whoever disinherits his son to make the Church his heir, let him find somebody willing to accept his gifts.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent