How to use "heirloom" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "heirloom" in popular movie and book plots

  • He gives her a family heirloom - a ring - but Saffra returns it because it is financially worthless.  - Black Joy (1977 film)
  • She takes the opportunity to entrust the secret return of a family heirloom ring to the boy.  - Kitty Foyle (film)
  • Horatia manages to knock him out and escape but in the process loses a very distinctive brooch from the Earl's heirloom set of jewels.  - The Convenient Marriage
  • Phair recently purchased a valuable heirloom painting of Simon Bolivar from Aunt Leonis.  - Dragons in the Waters
  • The Spaniard has brought a thousand-year-old family heirloom with him - the Gonfalon of Santiago or "Banner of Blood".  - Sharpe's Rifles (TV programme)
  • An antique dealer's revelation about a former queen's priceless heirloom leads Nancy on a series of exciting yet dangerous adventures.  - The Clue in the Jewel Box
  • Okiku doubts, and tests him by breaking one of the 10 heirloom plates that are the treasure of the Aoyama household.  - Banchō Sarayashiki
  • At the Tower of London, Paula loses an heirloom brooch that Gregory had given her, despite its having been stored safely in her handbag.  - Gaslight (1944 film)
  • When César steals Garfield's family heirloom watch, the principal is more concerned about a lawsuit and refuses to take action.  - One Eight Seven
  • To get money, she pawns a family heirloom necklace.  - The Hanging Tree
  • The manual is an heirloom of the Lin family, who run the Fuwei Escort Agency, a private security service, in Fuzhou.  - The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
  • The story involves Nancy Drew helping her friend Emily Crandall find out who stole her heirloom jewels.  - The Mystery at Lilac Inn
  • Russell is killed before he can reveal that Niles has the heirloom ring.  - The Other
  • The diamonds of the book's title are a necklace, a family heirloom that Sir Florian gave to Lizzie to wear.  - The Eustace Diamonds
  • When the dwarves take possession of the mountain, Bilbo finds the Arkenstone, an heirloom of Thorin's dynasty, and hides it away.  - The Hobbit
  • When a shipment of restored heirloom paintings arrives, Laura finds a portrait of her ancestor, Mircalla, Countess Karnstein, dated 1698.  - Carmilla

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