Sentence examples for direct heirs from inspiring English sources

Many of these old-timers had left no direct heirs.

They were the direct heirs of the classical tradition.

The direct heirs of Chuck Berry and B. B.

It is hard, today, to point to his direct heirs.

William II's death in 1189 without direct heirs found Tancred a serious contender for the throne.

Mrs. Clark died in May at age 104, leaving two wills, a $400 million fortune and no direct heirs.

Legend has it that Emperor Akihito, who reigns today, is Jinmu's 125th direct heir.

Marriage is considered to be a mainline back to this relationship, its direct heir.

Only Linehan identifies a direct heir to Seinfeld, in the sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

The empire is the direct heir of the Roman Empire, a legitimate authority, or Christ would not have chosen to be born under it.

In Mongol culture, legitimate leadership was supposed to be confined to the direct heir of Genghis Khan, and to pass only to the firstborn son of each generation.