granny

Example Sentences

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Kids are chatting or walking—solo, in pairs or trios—and a mother or granny holds a girl’s hand, probably waiting for an older sibling to come out of school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Darius: We had to dress to impress and I wanted to bring the queens — my mother, my granny and my auntie — to see the queens.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

"In some ways, you stick a wig and a beard on someone, little round granny glasses and a white suit and everyone goes, 'It's John Lennon'"

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025

Barry retired from the NBA in 1980 as the all-time leader in free-throw shooting percentage, having exclusively used under-arm "granny throws", yet nobody has copied his technique.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

Red’s granny didn’t look how I always imagined a witch would look.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff