Example Sentences

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Mr. Rein implores us to override the divisive reflexes evolution has bequeathed us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

James plays Eddie, whose late father has bequeathed him the title of Duke, along with a run-down country estate that he views as a money pit and a major burden.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

The only solution is to use the immense innovative power and production capabilities that a globally connected and urbanized world has bequeathed to develop and roll out more effective responses.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2021

Manager Terry Collins shares fault here, but as management has bequeathed him a bench with not a player hitting better than .206, I’m more inclined to give him a pass.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2015

God send, that these cruel trials and severe lessons which the past has bequeathed to us may teach us something for our benefit!

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?