granddaddy

Example Sentences

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“It’s the granddaddy of them all. My mom always said she wanted me to play at Wimbledon. ... This is definitely one of the most coveted trophies right here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2025

“The Tonight Show” is the granddaddy of the desk-and-sofa format, debuting in 1954 with Steve Allen as host and reaching its cultural apex with the three-decade run of Johnny Carson.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

The hive of activity is the Palais, a massive complex by the sea full of cinemas with names like Buñuel, Bazin and, the granddaddy, the Grand Théâtre Lumière.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024

If you get lost in the luminous orange peepers of housecats or the baby blues of white tigers, thank the granddaddy of all felines—an ocelotlike creature that lived more than 30 million years ago.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 13, 2023

“There’s got to be some granddaddy of a waterfall at the Helderberg Escarpment. A large stream runs right off the edge of that eight-hundred-foot cliff.”

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George