How to Use bequest in a Sentence

bequest

noun

• He made a bequest of his paintings to the museum.
• And more than a third of that was raised in the past year through a pair of donor bequests, Kaplan said.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2019
• Of that, $75 million is in the form of bequests from donors who are still living.
  — David Heinzmann, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
• The prize money comes from a bequest from Nobel, who died in 1895.
  — chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2021
• It was founded in 1862 through a bequest from the estate of Archibald Babcock.
  — Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
• The couple plans to leave the collection to the museum as a bequest.
  — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• It was said to be, at the time, the largest philanthropic bequest in U.S. history.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
• First, current law does not treat a bequest as a sale so no income tax is due at death.
  — Steve Rosenthal, Forbes, 13 May 2022
• At the bequest of fans, Marvel has made progress in telling more diverse stories.
  — NBC News, 2 Jan. 2020
• The preserve was acquired in a bequest from Kathryn Wriston last year.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 13 July 2018
• This stock will be a majority of his bequest to my siblings and me.
  — New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021
• The bequest to the 33-year-old Fascina was revealed when the will of Berlusconi, who died last month, was made public Thursday.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
• The goal, Gerhart said, is that by this time next year the endowment fund will total $200 million in the form of cash, pledges and bequests.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• Seid’s bequest to Leonard Leo was a complex tax maneuver long in the planning.
  — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
• Her bequest remains the Trust’s largest acquisition in the area.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
• Debate ensued in Congress about whether to accept the bequest at all.
  — Michael Waters, Smithsonian, 14 June 2019
• The art was uninsured under the terms of the bequest that created the museum, and empty frames now hang where the art was displayed.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• And then there is the art museum that will not even allow inquiries about making a bequest.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2020
• About a decade later, McMicken’s bequest led to UC’s founding.
  — Zachary Schermele, NBC News, 29 June 2022
• Most people don't know about or understand the concept of bequests.
  — Randall P. Lieberman, Jewish Journal, 15 May 2017
• Perhaps even more extraordinary than the nine-figure bequest is the utter lack of strings tied to the gift.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
• The art was uninsured under the terms of the bequest that created the museum, and empty frames now hang where art was displayed.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• None of the bequest was to be used for existing programs, nor was the Army to convert existing buildings.
  — Lisa Napoli, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
• The prize money comes from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
  — Fox News, 8 Oct. 2021
• The prize money comes from a bequest left by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
  — David Keyton and Frank Jordans, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021
• The money comes from a bequest left by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
  — CBS News, 4 Oct. 2022
• The money comes from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2021
• As hoped, donations and bequests have been on par with pre-pandemic times.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
• In the past, such piecemeal bequests were customary, but there’s no guarantee that relatives will still be on good terms or even in contact years down the line.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
• In a remote tropical region, where tarmac is a totem of progress, no self-respecting mayor would snub such a bequest.
  — Mac Margolis, NPR, 12 May 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024