How to Use heiress in a Sentence

heiress

noun
  • Can its heiress-turned-leader make the brand fast, cheap, and green?
    Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
  • In the book, our man Fletch is engaged to an heiress from Italy.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The endeavor was to be paid for by the steel heiress Amy Phipps Guest.
    New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Reum, 42, said on Thursday's episode of the heiress's I Am Paris podcast.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The endeavor was to be paid for by steel heiress Amy Phipps Guest.
    Arkansas Online, 13 Feb. 2022
  • If Swiatek is the queen of clay then Pegula is the hard court heiress this summer.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The Hilton heiress tied the knot with Reum in November, and then set off for a honeymoon around the globe.
    Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The heiress added that having a good sense of style all comes down to how your put items together.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Valentine, 65, is an heiress to the Anheuser-Busch fortune.
    Jim Salter, ajc, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Paris Hilton, the American heiress, has arrived on the Met Gala red carpet.
    Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 2 May 2023
  • Hotel heiress and DJ Paris Hilton has welcomed an heir.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • But Marianne Smyth, who was born in Maine, was not an Irish heiress, and there was no fortune.
    Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Earlier this month, the heiress shared footage of precious time with her two children.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Kroenke is married to Ann Walton Kroenke, an heiress to the Walmart fortune.
    USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The minister’s wife, Frances Hall, was a blue-blood heiress with ties to the Johnson & Johnson dynasty.
    Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the heiress is stranded in the middle of the ocean, having embarked for one last ride back to Taormina via Quentin's yacht.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The concept is straightforward: A man and a woman attempt to scam a heiress out of her vast fortune.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Dating coach Alex mentors Albert who hopes to win the heart of a beautiful heiress.
    Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The heiress and former Simple Life star was living a really simple life in the big house in 2007.
    Jocelyn Vena, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Crystal Clarke is given a lot to work with as Georgiana Lambe, an heiress and the only woman of color among the set.
    Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Netflix drama about the misdeeds of fake heiress Anna Delvey.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The heiress was initially written to be timid at work and turned on by taking orders from Robert in the bedroom, but this didn’t track to Abela.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The model and Kering heiress dazzled in a strapless sequin gown of her own, in silver fringe.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Playing fake heiress Anna Delvey is daunting for a lot of reasons.
    Emma Dibdin, ELLE, 12 Feb. 2022
  • In the new film, the actress plays an unlucky hotel heiress with amnesia, who falls for the charming lodge owner.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The group said in a tweet that the yacht belongs to Nancy Walton Laurie, billionaire heiress of Walmart.
    Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
  • Misdeeds: Delvey pretended to be a German heiress and served time for swindling New York elites.
    Diane Garrett, Variety, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The heiress and icon, 41, rocked a long, glittering gunmetal gown with keyhole cutout, plus a half topknot atop her long, pin-straight blonde locks.
    Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Arizona detectives are seeking tips from the public more than four decades after a 25-year-old heiress was found shot to death near the Hoover Dam on the border between Nevada and Arizona.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • She was arrested in 2017 after posing as a wealthy heiress and defrauding people, hotels and banks.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024

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