grandmother

Example Sentences

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Abdirahman, a 60-year-old grandmother, was bitten while herding livestock in Mandera county in Kenya's northeast, a hotspot for the parasite but with only three treatment facilities capable of treating the disease.

From Barron's

Although her mom, uncle and grandmother had Alzheimer’s, she pushed those thoughts to the back of her head and continued working for about four years after symptoms surfaced.

From The Wall Street Journal

The court was told that McGuckin was "tormented by the screams" of Aaron's grandmother who came to the scene shortly after the collision.

From BBC

But her exposure to the Arctic territory began decades ago, she said, when she would hear Greenlandic Inuit songs as a child through her grandmother's shortwave radio.

From BBC

Apollo on why he supports Newcastle: I am from a small town in County Durham - my grandmother went to school with Sir Bobby Robson - so I had the choice of Newcastle, Sunderland or Middlesbrough.

From BBC