granddaddy

Example Sentences

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When I FaceTime with my darling Daisy, I worry she won’t see past my dour expression and never know how much her granddaddy loves her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

GameStop, the granddaddy of meme stocks, has soared suddenly and sharply.

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

In an era facing both a reborn nuclear threat and global climate catastrophe, the granddaddy of movie monsters still has a lot to tell humanity.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 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