Examples of “inheritance” in a Sentence

noun Money, property, or possessions passed to someone after a person's death.

• Her grandmother's inheritance helped her buy a small flat near the park.
• The brothers argued over their inheritance after the funeral.
• He used his inheritance to pay off the mortgage.

noun A trait passed down biologically from parent to offspring.

• Eye color is a simple example of inheritance from our parents.
• Scientists study the inheritance of height across several generations of one family.
• The disease follows a pattern of genetic inheritance.