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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 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

As we watch people line up and begin to mount the steps to the stage, I feel like one of the cows in the agricultural show my granddad took me to in Kinvara.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline