How to Use inherit in a Sentence

inherit

verb

• She inherited a love of baseball from her dad.
• When the coach quit, her assistant inherited a last-place team.
• Baldness is inherited from the mother's side of the family.
• She inherited her father's deep blue eyes.
• She inherited the family business from her father.
• When my brother left for college, I inherited his old computer.
• The company's new president will inherit some complicated legal problems.
• Their name and fame are inherited; so, too, the wealth.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
• That was the thing, even if meant inheriting a 2-14 team.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
• As a Black woman from the South, many of her not-so-healthy habits were inherited and, for the first half of my life, passed down to me as well.
  — Deanna Taylor, Essence, 20 Mar. 2024
• The throne will be inherited by her younger brother, Crown Prince Haakon.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• Will our heir have to pay any taxes on the money in the Roth account when inherited?
  — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
• The children born within its walls inherit these gifts of hatred and anger.
  — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• Our future workplaces–the ones my children and yours will inherit–rely on us to get this right.
  — Erin Grau, Fortune, 14 May 2023
• And the thing that enabled her to do this, her position of power, hadn’t been inherited; it had been earned.
  — Nell McShane Wulfhart, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
• While Olympia appears to have inherited her mom's tennis talent, the 6-year-old isn't quite as big of a fan of the game as the rest of her family.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
• Most of us inherit our money mind-set from our parents.
  — Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
• Jerod Mayo inherits a team desperate for quarterback help, which could come in the form of the No. 3 overall pick.
  — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
• By inheriting most of the former chairman’s stock, Kwang-mo’s stake grew to about 15 percent.
  — Victoria Kim, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Those who come after, who inherit whatever’s left of the world once this culture has been stopped . . .
  — Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• He’s inherited a house from his mother, a gorgeous Spanish Adobe-style home with a pool in the backyard.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
• Only about 15 percent of those with her form of NF inherited it from a parent.
  — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• Adopting this into their mindset has enabled the geeks to inherit the Earth.
  — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• It was likely caught by a local fisherman who inherited his ties to the sea.
  — Juma Adero, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
• Many very rich people simply inherited great wealth, but that’s not an option for most of us.
  — The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The show follows a couple who settles in a house inherited by one of their estranged mothers.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• By the summer, only ten scholarship players from the roster that Sanders inherited were on the team.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
• At least one of Nick Cannon's kid has inherited his love of comedy.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
• The duo, who live in India, inherited their wealth from their late father, Cyrus Mistry, who died in 2022 after a car crash near Mumbai.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
• Reiber, a lifelong Coloradan, inherited much of his land from his father.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024