bequeathing in a sentence

1. Matilda died in 1114 without issue, bequeathing all her extensive possessions to the church.

2. Our father had given it all for his bequeathing and produced an almost complete image of himself.

3. The bequeathing motive is only rated with three out of ten points and thus has the lowest weighting.

4. Here the Duke of Bracciano died in November 1585, bequeathing all his personal property to his widow.

5. The famous nationalist died in 1882, bequeathing to burn his corpse in a red shirt and bury the ashes.

6. In like spirit, Israeli prime ministers have since 1992 dreamed of bequeathing a grand diplomatic project.

7. Edward Colston made his fortune through slave trading, as well as bequeathing thousands to charitable causes.

8. Richard then set his affairs in order, bequeathing all his territory to his brother John and his jewels to his nephew Otto.

9. They know that death will one day tear it from their grip, so they then follow the tradition of bequeathing it to their children.

10. This would continue for generations, without bequeathing the actual title, so that the property could never be broken up or sold.

11. Knowing that he is nearing the end of his life, Moses appoints Joshua his successor, bequeathing to him the mantle of leadership.

12. However, George made the somewhat unusual move to leave his son only about 5% of his estate, bequeathing the bulk of the rest to his wife.

13. But money was scarce, she retired to Paris where she died in 1734, bequeathing all his property to his grand-son, the second Duke of Richmond.

14. To date, along with annually bequeathing money to award winners, The Nobel Foundation has grown Nobel’s assets up to around half a billion dollars.

15. We can question the notion of bequeathing, the intention to pass objects to future generations, regardless if they are family or outside the family.

16. After 70 years of building and operating nuclear power plants across the world, governments are bequeathing to future generations a radioactive legacy.

17. It was in this house that he wrote his will, bequeathing his manuscripts and notebooks of drawings and sketches to his beloved disciple Franceso Melzi.

18. This implies an indirect reciprocal behavior between three generations by transmitting the attitude towards bequeathing from one generation to the next.

19. he was the moral and ethical custodian of the movement, and a grateful nation rallied to his call, bequeathing on him the honorific- father of the nation.

20. In many countries, the estate taxes are so high that it benefits the receiving party financially to receive the land while the bequeathing party is still alive.