Example sentences for: descendants

How can you use “descendants” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the 1980s, the corporation paid about $11 million to the descendants of its slave laborers.

  • While Clinton is pondering an apology to descendants of slaves, he says he opposes material reparations.

  • Their descendants still live around the town of Red Bays, practicing the skills of basket weaving for which they are greatly admired.

  • The performers are folk heroes, and the greatest of them — descendants of centuries-old dynasties of actors — are declared “Living National Treasures. ”

  • In previous reports, we noted extensive diversity among descendants of the parental strain, including diversity in RpoS and catalase synthesis [ 4 ] , and diversity in genome size, protein content, and reversion from auxotrophy to prototrophy [ 5 ] .


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