Example sentences for: heirlooms

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

  • Knowle­dgeable visitors look for antiques — either Chinese heirlooms or leftovers from the gracious Portuguese colonial days.

  • Down-at-heel locals bring various heirlooms from their attics and cellars in hopes they'll turn out to be Ob Jay Dar.

  • In 1950, a descendant — an American named Robert Tucker — bequeathed many family heirlooms to the house in his will.

  • He has hocked heirlooms to pay taxes, rented his mansion out for conferences and banquets, proposed turning 500 wooded acres of his estate into a housing development, and leased the grounds for concerts.

  • Located well south of city center inside the Third Ring Road, it goes into full swing at sunrise every Sunday morning, when over 100,000 visitors sift through wares ranging from antiques and collectibles to ceramics and family heirlooms.


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