"ancestor" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- While her father was a wasteful eccentric, her mother who had had Scottish ancestors was said to be very quiet and dutiful.
- Belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland, von Wright also had Finnish and 17th-century Scottish ancestors.
- This makes it hard to pinpoint the clan that one's Scottish ancestors came from.
- With a bit of ethnic research, Ehrenreich might have been able to answer the question she posed about her Scottish ancestors: "As for clans: Why not call them 'tribes'?"
- It transpired that Murphy had no Scottish ancestors and was therefore ineligible.
- The Rodgers family has been farming the land since the 1840's, when the place was built by Scottish ancestors.
- Many people in the city have Scottish or Irish ancestors.
- Well, maybe you've got Scottish ancestors then.
- Instead, they're living out the traditions of their Scottish ancestors, sometimes railing magnificently at life and sometimes accepting even its most indelicate truths.
- Watts built a palatial summer house and named it Rosehill after the 16th-century home of a Scottish ancestor.
Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.