Examples of “entail” in a Sentence

verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.

• Owning a dog entails daily walks, regular feeding, and visits to the vet.
• Running a marathon entails months of serious training.
• The new job entails a lot of travel.

noun (law) An estate whose inheritance is restricted to a specific line of heirs.

• The family lawyer explained that the entail prevented the sale of the land.
• An entail kept the old house in the same family for generations.
• Under the old entail, the estate could only pass to a male heir.