How to Use hereditary in a Sentence

hereditary

adjective

• He suffers from a rare hereditary condition.
• Welcome to the world of by-elections for hereditary peers in the House of Lords.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• The main source of resistance to the project is a number of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs.
  — Kevin Orland, Bloomberg.com, 9 May 2020
• Heinrich may claim the hereditary title, but the House of Reuss is less than pleased with him.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
• Japan is believed to have the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world.
  — Time, 22 Oct. 2019
• So the king of Prussia, a king of Bavaria, hereditary princes in an area of east-central Germany.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022
• The hereditary form of the disease stems from mutations to the TTR gene, which produces the protein transthyretin.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
• Japan is ruled by the longest-running hereditary dynasty in the world.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
• Her father is the hereditary chief of their First Nation.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2022
• The house of Lords ceased to be hereditary in 1999, but even now it’s just merely appointed by the two main parties.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2021
• Though the hereditary aspect is out of our control, many of the lifestyle aspects aren’t.
  — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• The Chrysanthemum Throne is the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world.
  — CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
• And it’s like a hereditary disease that’s passed on from one generation to the next.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2022
• Some of the functions are part of any system of hereditary monarchy, but others are very much in the hands of the sovereign . . .
  — WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
• Only 15% of cases are hereditary; the causes of the rest are unknown.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2023
• The position is not hereditary, but Prince Charles is expected to get the nod.
  — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Just 3% to 5% of these cancers are caused by hereditary factors.
  — Markham Heid, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
• The illness is hereditary and may not emerge until a patient’s 40s.
  — Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• The first to recognize that CF was a hereditary disease...
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2021
• In fact, hereditary, and all that the word encompasses within the film, extends to Aster as well.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2018
• Sullivan, who serves as hereditary chief for the O'Sullivan clan.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2022
• But words are open to interpretation, and while the Crown may be hereditary, a monarch’s sense of duty is not.
  — Holly Thomas, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
• And the condition is hereditary; her uncle died from the same disease in his 50s, and her cousin also succumbed to it in her 40s.
  — Megan Friedman, Redbook, 13 Sep. 2017
• Sung was among the first to understand the roles of BRCA1 and 2, which are hereditary genes that suppress breast and ovarian cancers.
  — Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2022
• Becky’s son also became ill with a blood disease, one that could have been hereditary.
  — Fiona Tapp, SELF, 18 Jan. 2019
• This was far more first season of True Detective, with grit and gore and the kind of hereditary violence that’s all over our screens this year.
  — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 27 Aug. 2018
• Until 1999, every one of Britain’s hereditary peers was also entitled to sit in the House of Lords.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020
• Then there’s the hereditary part of a mother’s gardening.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2021
• Although the cause of lipomas is unknown, this condition is hereditary (e.g. members of the same family have a higher chance of developing it).
  — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 29 July 2024
• Many Arab rulers have banned the Brotherhood, fearing threats to their hereditary power and to more secular political agendas.
  — Jane Arraf, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024