Heirs is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Heirs meaning
plural of heir
Using Heirs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of heir
- In the example corpus, heirs often appears in combinations such as: heirs of, the heirs, heirs to.
Context around Heirs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heirs
- In this selection, "heirs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shuster, davis, equal, barred, sharply and aethelstan stand out and add context to how "heirs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and our heirs for ever and 384 as heirs of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heirs" sits close to words such as ambush, buckets and comey, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heirs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Estate Planning: No heirs? (4 words)
Heirs to the throne often, but not always, attend the proceedings. (11 words)
Is it right for innocent heirs to pay for the sins of their fathers? (14 words)
We have granted also, and given to all the Freemen of our Realm, for Us and our Heirs for ever, these Liberties under-written, to have and to hold to them and their Heirs, of Us and our Heirs for ever. (41 words)
Ben Crump and Keisha Rice — representing the heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s credited co-writer on “Let’s Get It On” — alternately called the video “a smoking gun” and “a confession” in an opening statement and subsequent examination of Sheeran. (41 words)
DC Comics sued the Shuster heirs in 2010, and the court ruled in DC's favor on the grounds that the 1992 agreement with the Shuster heirs barred them from terminating the grant. (33 words)
Estate Planning: No heirs? (4 words)
Is it right for innocent heirs to pay for the sins of their fathers? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
We have granted also, and given to all the Freemen of our Realm, for Us and our Heirs for ever, these Liberties under-written, to have and to hold to them and their Heirs, of Us and our Heirs for ever.
At the time, the novel was in the public domain, Murger having died without heirs, but rights to the play were still controlled by Barrière's heirs.
Current ownership structure Legally, the club is a limited partnership with nine partners — Davis' heirs and the heirs of the original eight team partners.
DC Comics sued the Shuster heirs in 2010, and the court ruled in DC's favor on the grounds that the 1992 agreement with the Shuster heirs barred them from terminating the grant.
Furthermore, the heirs of both the Latin princes were to marry children of Charles, and Charles was to have the reversion of the Empire and principality should the couples have no heirs.
Hinnebusch, History of the Dominican Order, 384 As heirs of the Dominican priory of Poissy in France, the Dartford sisters were also heirs to a tradition of profound learning and piety.
Ben Crump and Keisha Rice — representing the heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s credited co-writer on “Let’s Get It On” — alternately called the video “a smoking gun” and “a confession” in an opening statement and subsequent examination of Sheeran.
But attorneys for Townsend’s heirs sharply disagreed, citing their own expert report to the contrary and arguing that the case must proceed to a trial.
Discuss your plans with your children or other heirs and then with an experienced estate planning attorney.
Estate Planning: No heirs?
Family members and heirs have 12 years to claim an estate once it has been reported unclaimed to the Crown.
Giambruno is the presenter of a news program transmitted by Mediaset, part of the MFE media group owned by the heirs of the late Silvio Berlusconi, the former premier and Meloni ally.
Heirs to the throne often, but not always, attend the proceedings.
His father, Randolph, Sr., died in what some suspect was a suicide made to look like an accident, staged with the intent of enriching his heirs.
How about the U.S. government charging all the heirs to the slaves a fee for being in the United States and the freedoms and rights they now have.
I faced this challenge in 2017 when settling my mother's estate as one of 4 equal heirs, during my own cancer treatment.
In the wake of King Edward’s death, peace is threatened as his two potential heirs, Aethelstan (Harry Gilby) and Aelfweard (Ewan Horrocks), battle for the crown.
Is it right for innocent heirs to pay for the sins of their fathers?
It’s no surprise, then, that the heirs of Israel’s earlier generation of conservatives can no longer find their place in the ruling Likud party.
It was put on the market by heirs of Elaine Steinbeck, the author’s wife, in early 2021 for $17.9 million.
Common combinations with heirs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- heirs of 41×
- the heirs 36×
- heirs to 22×
- his heirs 14×
- their heirs 9×
- heirs and 9×
- heirs in 8×
- and heirs 8×
- male heirs 8×
- her heirs 6×