How to Use legacy in a Sentence

legacy

noun
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  • The war left a legacy of pain and suffering.
  • He left his children a legacy of love and respect.
  • She left us a legacy of a million dollars.
  • Her artistic legacy lives on through her children.
  • These things are the true legacies of the 2023 election.
    — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • To read more about Art’s life and legacy, please click on the link in our bio.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 16 June 2020
  • Ross respects the legacy that the ix-inch boot has built.
    — Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • But the film does probe the more sordid parts of the mayor’s legacy.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 9 June 2022
  • Read on for a closer look at the life and legacy of Friedan.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Apr. 2020
  • What is your hope for this book as a part of Rosling’s legacy?
    — Sarah Begley, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
  • That so many were not over the past decade is a stain on the country’s legacy.
    — Time, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Think of his legacy as something along the lines of a trail left by a snail.
    — Ted Cox, Chicago Reader, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Fulks came up with those names as a salute to Huntsville's space legacy.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The look on his face seems both honored and awed by this legacy.
    — Amy Paige Condon, ajc, 6 Mar. 2022
  • That comes back to the legacy of redlining and neglect.
    — Veronica Penney, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Franklin looks back with pride on the legacy of her music.
    — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The deal appears to add value to the legacy software firm.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 16 Sep. 2022
  • That kind of legacy demands a home worth its weight in, well, gold.
    — Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Though what that legacy might be is a big question mark.
    — Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Your legacy lives on in kindness and being 'that sassy queen' in my eyes.
    — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 11 July 2021
  • But make no mistake about it, this will be Trump's legacy.
    — ABC News, 8 May 2022
  • This is all about passing down the treasures, the legacy of culture.
    — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • This defies the physics of legacy media, in which things tend to get smaller.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • And this legacy has continued to inspire hope that the city will be again.
    — Melissa Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2021
  • Still, his imprint can be found at dozens of restaurants in the city, and his legacy will live on there as well.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • His life and his legacy are a great example for us all.
    — Scott Hanson, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
  • There’s tons of tools right now to kind of make sure that your ‘digital legacy’ lives on.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Gumbs said the project has grown from the legacy of feminist bookstores.
    — Eric Ginsburg, Teen Vogue, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Such a legacy may not be strange for a stolid telecoms firm.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2020
  • This is your chance to leave a legacy that would make all Americans proud.
    — Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020

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