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

Weller, now 67, has two grandchildren, but played down the idea he was a cool granddad.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 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

“I’m wondering how we can say your granddad owns this island. Not legally but actually.”

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart