Inherited has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | John inherited a large fortune. | |
| 2. | My sixty-year-old aunt inherited the huge estate. | |
| 3. | My aunt inherited the huge estate. | |
| 4. | When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture. | |
| 5. | He inherited a great fortune. | |
| 6. | She inherited her mother's blue eyes. | |
| 7. | He inherited the business from his father. | |
| 8. | The close-cropped lawn is beautiful in the eyes of a people whose inherited bent it is to readily find pleasure in contemplating a well-preserved pasture or grazing land. | |
| 9. | He inherited an old wooden chest. | |
| 10. | I inherited his estate. |