Man inherits from her not only his artistic faculty, but he derives from her his faculty of creative inspiration.
One child inherits from its parents a tuberculous tendency; another a neurotic, another a strain of alcoholism or other taint.
The daughter inherits thus from her father the Female potential of her paternal grandmother, with new power of Male differentiation acquired by its residence during a generation (so to speak) in a male organisation.
He inherits all the great qualities of those two families, with a sweetness of behaviour, which charms all those who know him; hath improved himself in most foreign courts; is very beautiful in his person, and about 25 years old.
Now the male inherits a disposition which leads it to remain in a restricted area, but the disposition cannot determine the extent of that area.
Now the bird inherits a nervous system, which works under internal excitation and external stimulation.
But even supposing that the male inherits a disposition to acquire a suitable area, even supposing that it inherits a disposition which results indirectly in the defence of that area, how does it obtain a mate?
It is well known that every child inherits from both his parents peculiarities of character, temperament, talent, acuteness of sense, and strength of will.
In other words, the seed inherits from the pollen as well as from the ovule.
The young fish, like the young plant, inheritscharacteristics from both parents.
But sometimes the offspring inherits only the best in the parents, and so is better than they.
That the seed inherits equally from the ovule and the pollen grain is a truth that should be impressed in many ways.
Her most extraordinary aberrations might not seem at all extraordinary when set off by the natural violence he inherits from his father.
She inherits her mother's delicate health, and seldom visits Englefield.
Lady Mary Woodville, who has married a Scotch nobleman, inherits her mother's delicate constitution, and seldom visits Englefield.
From the bulldog he inherits a sweet, charming personality, quiet, restful demeanor, and an intense love of his master and home.
Beyond this, man inherits himself; he is both ancestor and posterity.
In Scotland the elder daughter inherits as of right, standing in the line of heirship next after her youngest brother and before any uncle or a younger sister.
Yes; but you forget that May inheritsher mother's share.
This lover to obtain his wife achieves some mighty deed of valour, or performs tasks set for him by the parents of the bride; he thus inherits the kingdom through the daughter of the king.
Defn: To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.
The boy Siegfried, having no god to instruct him in the art of unhappiness, inherits none of his father's ill luck, and all his father's hardihood.
Siegfried inherits from Wotan a mania for autobiography which leads him to inflict on every one he meets the story of Mimmy and the dragon, although the audience have spent a whole evening witnessing the events he is narrating.
He persists in wearing mourning for his elder brother from whom he inherits his principality.
Artistic perception is with him an instinct to which he intuitively conforms, and for which he inherits the skill of countless generations.
Every one of us inherits an organization rendering him capable of performing a vast amount of mental construction and a great number of bodily activities.
The dog inheritsthe power which the boy must with some little difficulty acquire.
As a personinherits physical traits from his ancestors, so he gets certain mental traits.
It is well known that a child inherits racial and family traits from his ancestors, and these he cannot shake off altogether as he grows older.
The Marquis Balbi-Strozzi inherits the estate, if the Marquis Ottario dies without heirs," said Carlotta.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inherits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
