grandfather

Example Sentences

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The universe had taken my grandfather but had given me a new friend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Edward “Ted” Crosby Johnson, who founded Fidelity Management & Research in 1946, and grandfather of FMR’s current CEO, Abby Johnson, worked as a lawyer at Ropes & Gray.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Elyjah’s grandfather, Troy Hearn, has said that Gaddis dated the boy’s mother on and off for several years and accused him of stalking her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Fun fact: The American colonists—or tax-dodging rebels, as some in Britain still jokingly call them—got their independence from Charles’ great-great-great-great-great grandfather, George III.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

He tried to think of his father, his grandfather, his mother, of how they would call out, encourage him, love him, but they would not be summoned up.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell