granddad
Example Sentences
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The rain pours down so often that you can’t help but snort when the film cuts to Whitford’s granddad angrily watering his lawn.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
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
In a tribute, Mr Dawson's family described him as a "much-loved father, granddad and partner who will be greatly missed".
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025
"My granny and granddad came down from Bellshill, which is a mining community outside Glasgow. They never lost their accent because you're in amongst it, you know?"
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
“No, but maybe we could ask one of the librarians. Or maybe my granddad knows.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.