How to Use disinherit in a Sentence
disinherit
verb- She threatened to disinherit her son and leave him penniless.
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At the beginning, he had been reviled and disinherited by his harsh warrior father Randyll Tarly, who sent him to the Night's Watch where he was mocked and abused.
—Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2017
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The rest of the verdict was for a series of moves through which Roberta Dickson essentially disinherited Shook.
—Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2017
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Many states have laws in place protecting a surviving spouse from being disinherited, so your father’s wife could claim up to half of the value of the house, regardless of your father’s will.
—Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2017
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This hurricane disinherited the meek, who were supposed to inherit the earth.
—By Michael Browning, miamiherald, 25 Aug. 2015
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But upon learning that his uncle had disinherited two of his children for marrying non-Jews, Lieberman got the will revised.
—Peter Beinart, The Atlantic, 19 May 2017
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If Wallace and Klemmer were declared to be in violation and disinherited, their right as beneficiaries would skip them and go to their children.
—Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2019
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Jane’s son Edward was at best a useless boy-king, and at worst a divisive religious extremist who disinherited his sisters.
—Anne Thériault, Longreads, 25 May 2018
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Some, for example, decide to disinherit an unloving child.
—Leonard Schwarz, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
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Remember that among the disinherited there’s a mystic language.
—Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2016
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But Larry’s third daughter, Caroline, has her doubts—an attitude that infuriates him and leads to his decision to disinherit her.
—Dinitia Smith, WSJ, 6 May 2022
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Keryn Redstone has asserted that she has been disinherited of $6 million and potentially $1 billion more.
—Emily Steel, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2016
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Political differences are also not a reason to disinherit a child.
—Christine Fletcher, Forbes, 28 June 2021
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As an only son, he was essentially disinherited from his mother’s legacy.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
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Crucially, Poe wrote his story in poverty in Baltimore after being disinherited by his wealthy stepfather and while his wife was dying of tuberculosis.
—Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
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According to court documents, Nupson’s mother considered disinheriting her because of her personal problems.
—Bob Fernandez, Philly.com, 26 Feb. 2018
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