Example sentences for: heir

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

  • The Times of London's Middle East correspondent, Christopher Walker, reported Friday from Jordan that "public jitters could turn to panic despite efforts by palace officials to convey the impression of a smooth transfer of power to the new Crown Prince," Hussein's 37-year-old son and heir, Prince Abdullah.

  • Abderrahman al-Rashed, the editor of the leading Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat , wrote that the heir apparent's rejection of Clinton's attempt to get him to meet secretly with Israeli officials in Amman ("Mr.

  • The daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella married the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian of Hapsburg.

  • The Daily Telegraph of London led its front page Friday with a boycott by Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, of a banquet hosted Thursday night by Chinese President Jiang Zemin, because of his "contempt for China's human rights record."

  • Obituaries focused on her pattern of gaining influence and prestige by romancing rich and powerful men (Winston Churchill's son, Edward R. Murrow, the heir to the Fiat fortune, etc.).


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