granddad

Example Sentences

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"I've got his name on my shorts, I'll be doing my granddad proud and I'll be there to represent him."

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

"My granddad was a train driver," she tells me, adding: "I'm really proud of what we're intending to do."

From BBC • May 23, 2025

The new album’s closer, “Remember My Name,” is a brass-band love song “from the perspective of my granddad to my grandmother when she had dementia and he was looking after her,” the singer said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

The birth of his first child has apparently given Shohei Ohtani granddad strength.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

"You never seen a ring of light around the moon? My granddad taught me to look for them when I was a kid. Sure way to tell what weather's coming around the corner."

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi