Example sentences for: heir

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

  • What do Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein, investment banker Steven Rattner, publishing heir Dirk Ziff, Wall Street hedge fund manager Orrin Kramer, Boston developer Richard Friedman, Xerox chairman Paul Allaire, GE CEO Jack Welch, Universal Studios chairman Frank Biondi, Dreamworks partner David Geffen, and television exec Barry Diller have in common?

  • The mass-circulation Sun , a Murdoch paper, claimed in a front-page splash that Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, is eager to have such a referendum, believing the monarchy would prevail.

  • The biggest name casualty was long-time Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, widely viewed as Yeltsin's heir apparent.

  • Its protagonist, a red-neck propane salesman, is deemed the heir to Roseanne and Archie Bunker . Another favorite is WB's tongue-in-cheek action series Buffy the Vampire Slayer , about a 15-year-old super-heroine: "A postfeminist parable on the challenge of balancing one's personal and work life" ( Time ).

  • GOPnet is a gambit to strengthen party identification and loyalty, the electronic heir to the old party clubhouse.


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