Sentence examples for her forebears from inspiring English sources

Many of her forebears, she writes, were "almost famous," including two congressmen and a naval surgeon.

Yet having just bought an apartment on Henry Street makes her feel eerily close to her forebears.

(A collection on the theme of witchcraft was dedicated to one of her forebears, who was hanged in Salem).

Needing constant stimulus — she e-mails while watching TV — she realized she could not practice the medicine of her forebears.

She was presented with indisputable evidence that one of her forebears was a baker – hurrah!

This isn't simply influence or homage, though Oswald is generous about crediting her forebears.

In fact, her sympathy is for more than just her forebears.

That hint of incest among her forebears lies at the heart of the novel.

Her Jewish heritage leads her to seek out men whose forebears would have kept her forebears out of their country clubs.

Her melodies often echo the Celtic ballads and modal tunes that were carried to Appalachia by people like her forebears.

Munro has called on her celebrated powers of "making it up", an activity that some of her forebears shared.