How to Use ancestor in a Sentence

ancestor

noun

• Her ancestors were great sea captains.
• Latin is the ancestor of Italian and French.
• The museum included an exhibit showing ancestors of the modern computer.
• My ancestors came to America during the 1800s.
• Not like our ancestors who died of scurvy at the age of 30.
  — Ali Wentworth, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2023
• The spirit of the ancestors has to make a statement in our lives.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 9 July 2023
• For Reti, value is in the spot in the river where his ancestors gave birth and the sacred ground where they’re buried.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Epochs have passed since our last common ancestor roamed the Earth.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
• His ancestors, Catherine and William Brighton, arrived in Utah back in the 1850s.
  — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Some of her ancestors also came from Cyprus in the Mediterranean.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
• Our early ancestors must have craned their necks in awe when a lightning bolt lit up the night sky.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
• The last common ancestor of cats and dogs lived around 45 million years ago.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2024
• Her ancestors had come to this big-sky state in a covered wagon.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
• When and where did our ancestors first fashion footwear?
  — Charles Helm, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
• This suggests the ancestors of apes and humans were feasting on soft, sweet fruits, rather than on hard nuts and seeds.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• With a love for all things outdoors, Green’s connection to soil dates back to her ancestors.
  — Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• The blechnum had made it after all, just as its ancestor did 66 million years ago.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• The oral histories of many present-day tribes link their ancestors to earthen mounds.
  — AZCentral.com, 5 June 2023
• Dogs and wolves look and behave very much alike because of this common ancestor.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 1 June 2023
• Ever wondered what the world was like for our 65-million-year-old rat-like ancestors?
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Vulture, 27 July 2023
• His ancestors are buried at the nearby Pioneer Cemetery, but Cook jokes he’d rather be buried at the foot of the flagpole on the farmstead.
  — Cara Nixon, oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• For a touch of home, the Ambassador has mounted black-and-white photos of his royal ancestors.
  — Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2023
• Sonner will show memorial quilts and quilts about her ancestors and tell the stories that go with them.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Dufresne’s ancestors were among the area’s early settlers.
  — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
• Some of them included recordings of his ancestors from more than 100 years ago.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
• In the past, the university stalled or challenged tribal groups’ efforts to make claims to the remains of their ancestors.
  — Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2023
• My ancestors didn’t structure their lives around salmon.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• That sister is the ancestor of just one group of modern-day animals.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
• Today’s ruling is meant for all times and for all Americans, even those whose ancestors have yet to reach our shores.
  — The Editors, National Review, 29 June 2023
• Dominguez’s ancestors lived along the river and its tributaries.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024