granddad

Example Sentences

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"It is really good to go back to Longford and Leitrim, go back to where our granddad went to school, where our nan grew up, it was very special."

From BBC • May 28, 2026

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

In the Second World War this same Oxo tin went to Singapore and back with my granddad.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell