heir - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • marry: Documents have been drawn up, which will allow Catherine to marry the new heir.
  • appoint: It follows, to shew why he is said to be an heir appointed.
  • serve: James, his son, was served heir 3rd July 1694.
  • survive: Their daughter and last surviving heir conveyed the estate to her husband, Henry Percy, first earl of Northumberland.
  • declare: As a result of his actions Niall was granted the union of kingship and Sovereignty being declared the rightful heir.
  • produce: A third attempt to produce an heir resulted in the birth of another daughter, Elizabeth, in December, 1820.

Adjective modifier

  • rightful: Who are the rightful heirs of Babylon or the Ottoman Empire?
  • legitimate: An only child, he did not leave any legitimate heir.
  • male: The Prince of Wales The Prince of Wales is a title created for the male heir to the throne.
  • sole: She is the sole female heir to the English throne to have been created Princess of Wales in her own right.
  • worthy: You also have to enrich your heritage, to prove you are a worthy heir.
  • spiritual: This center clears away the illusion that we are anything less than Divine children, spiritual heirs to the kingdom of Heaven.

Modifies a noun

  • male: In 1486 the manor was granted to John de Vere earl of Oxford and the heirs male of his body, ( fn.

Noun used with modifier

  • t: Eventually, however, t heir subconscious rebels against their new life.
  • T: T heir latest prank seems to be to tap into my article comment system.

Possessives

  • father: Two other brothers, Caratacus and Togodumnus, actively opposed the Roman invasion as their father's heirs.

Preposition: of

  • salvation: Hebrews 1:14 says, " They're sent forth to minister for them who shall be the heirs of salvation.
  • promise: Because we are heirs of the same promise of blessing and salvation that was given to him.
  • glory: God had forgiven him his sin, and had made him an heir of glory.
  • heaven: Did you say it with faith, and with an heir of heaven, that he was yours, and shall be so forever?

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