grandmother

Example Sentences

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I took a photo of my yellow raffia bag, the handle tied with an Hermès horse scarf that once belonged to my maternal grandmother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Felix Puelm, a 42-year-old history professor, told AFP that he discovered his now-deceased grandmother had joined the Nazis in 1940 when she was 19.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“It somehow felt like it was upper-class,” Nana, my paternal grandmother, recently told me.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

About her life “as a teacher, as a grandmother, as first lady.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“That’ll be fine. You know, Elizabeth, I’m so glad to see you here. Your grandmother has long been a supporter of mine, and I was so happy to have your mother in my employ.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin