Sentence examples for contested the will from inspiring English sources

Wagstaffs sister Judith contested the will.

Mr. Pelosi has contested the will.

One hundred and forty-five relatives contested the will, saying that Drake had unduly influenced his aged relative.

Mrs. Wood, who died in 1889, left her considerable property to her niece, Mrs. O'Shea, but other relatives contested the will.

When he died in a Hollywood home for old actors, his penultimate companion, known as his "confidential secretary", contested the will executed by Gwenn's final housemate, a former Olympic athlete.

Although she successfully contested the will, Christina has never been able to shake off the suspicion that the book was revenge for her disinheritance, nor, when I ask her about it, does she entirely disabuse me of this notion.

Though fiercely contested, the first half will not live long in the memory.

Moreover, in 2018, when thirty-three Senate seats will be contested, the Democrats must win twenty-five seats just to maintain their current numbers in the Senate, and twenty-eight out of the thirty-three to win a majority in that body, which is highly unlikely.

The only finals contested Friday will come in the evening, when the men's 10,000 meters starts at 6 45 p.m. and the women's 10,000 follows at 7 20 p.m.

WASHINGTON — TransCanada said Monday that it would reapply for a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Canadian oil sands formations in Alberta to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico, assuring that the fiercely contested project will remain a source of political heat throughout the presidential campaign.

Golds up for grabs: 43 British swimmers compete in 15 different races at the Aquatics Centre, but one of the more hotly contested races will feature brothers Sam and Oliver Hynd from Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, in the S8 400m freestyle.