How to Use legacy in a Sentence

legacy

noun
  • 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.
  • There’s a lot about legacy in the film.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And why isn’t that a part of their legacy?
    — David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • That legacy didn’t stop with him.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But don’t call it a legacy project.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Here's what to know about the show's legacy.
    — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • This is my dream school with the legacy and all of that.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But at the end of the day, the legacy is the films, the art.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Still, Schultz’s legacy is hard to beat.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In the end, this is a contest of legacy.
    — Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And to kind of carry on that legacy.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • The look on his face seems both honored and awed by this legacy.
    — Amy Paige Condon, ajc, 6 Mar. 2022
  • And some of that legacy arrived on ships.
    — Rosanne Cash, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
  • What is your hope for this book as a part of Rosling’s legacy?
    — Sarah Begley, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Germany is still wrestling with that legacy.
    — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
  • That kind of legacy demands a home worth its weight in, well, gold.
    — Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Step back, though, and the legacy may be even more chilling.
    — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Here's why these recipes are the sweetest legacy.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Fulks came up with those names as a salute to Huntsville's space legacy.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Think of his legacy as something along the lines of a trail left by a snail.
    — Ted Cox, Chicago Reader, 21 Dec. 2017
  • That so many were not over the past decade is a stain on the country’s legacy.
    — Time, 3 Nov. 2022
  • So what does Chavarria hope will be his legacy?
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Her second Olympic gold adds to that legacy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But your legacy is the same as mine and everybody else’s.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • The couple left a lasting legacy on those who knew them.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But the film does probe the more sordid parts of the mayor’s legacy.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 9 June 2022
  • But their legacy carries on in the juke joints that dot the region.
    — USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025

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