granny

Example Sentences

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"And now of course I'm a granny myself, so maybe that's what spurred me on."

From BBC

I hope it’s a rich old granny who wants to spoil you silly.

From Literature

The importance of inter-generational connection seems to be paying off, as five-year-old Evan said he was drawing hearts on his paper cracker "for my granny who dropped me off and I love her".

From BBC

"I was at work and I got the phone call from my sister saying 'I think granny's dead'," he said.

From BBC

Most in attendance were elderly women, whom Davis affectionately calls “holler grannies,” using the term for the narrow, sheltered valleys where extended families often live here.

From The Wall Street Journal